A return from the DON for a Friday puzzle.
Guardian 29,175 / Fed
I’m always pleased to see Fed’s name on a puzzle that I’m down to blog, knowing that I’m in for an enjoyable challenge in the parsing department. All the hallmarks are there: ingenious … Read more >>
Independent 11,521 by Grecian
Our daily entertainment is provided by Grecian today.
Financial Times 17,522 by GUY
Guy wakes up our grey matter this morning.
Enigmatic Variations No.1606 – Mind Your Language by Ovid
“A change of regime has led to a new political correctness. Six clues have no definition and their answers must be altered to comply with the new requirement to MIND YOUR LANGUAGE. Extra letters generated by the wordplay of down clues spell out a further instruction affecting 12 cells. Numbers in brackets refer to entry lengths. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended, One answer is an abbreviation; 20dn is in Collins.”
Financial Times 17,521 by IO
If you only do one IO puzzle this year, let this one be it.
Independent 11,520 by Filbert
We’re blogging another Filbert!
Guardian Cryptic 29,174 by Picaroon
Enjoyed this a lot – many favourites including 9ac, 15ac, 3dn, 6dn, 7dn, and 21dn. Thanks to Picaroon
Independent 11,519 / Atrica
Atrica has provided today’s puzzle. I have not had that much experience of solving and blogging work by this setter. I found this to be towards hard end of the Indy difficulty spectrum. … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1819: Mirror Image V by Serpent
Mirror Image V by Serpent The grid has 90° rotational symmetry but no numbers or additional bars should be added at this stage. Five clues contain an extra word, to be removed before … Read more >>
Guardian 29,173 – Anto
Thanks to Anto for today’s puzzle.
Financial Times 17,520 by GOZO
I breezed through three-quarters of this Gozo puzzle before running into a few tricky clues, which I hope I have parsed adequately.
Financial Times 17,519 by SLORMGORM
SLORMGORM kicks things off this week…
Independent 11,518 by Nitsy
Well here’s a rare visitor to our shores. Nitsy has been an Indy setter for many years but somewhat infrequent. I’ve been blogging here for thirteen years and this is the first time we’ve crossed.
Guardian Quiptic 1243 Chandler
Thank you to Chandler. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. First sign of this disorder to get luxury food (7) TRUFFLE : 1st letter of(First sign of) “this” + RUFFLE(disorder/disarrange, say, … Read more >>