Puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 5, 2023
Guardian 29,146 / Paul
Paul rounds off the week with a generally straightforward puzzle, with just a few bits of parsing that took more thinking about. I had ticks for 1ac SPEEDWAY, 11ac ARTLESSLY, 29ac MOONSETS, 7dn … Read more >>
Independent 11,492 by Phi
Phiday fun and games again.
Financial Times 17,492 by BUCCANEER
A fun challenge from BUCCANEER this Friday.
Financial Times 17,491 by GUY
Guy is the compiler of the FT puzzle this morning.
Independent 11,491 by Salty
Another new Indy setter for us today – welcome Salty!
Enigmatic Variations 1601 Lame by Vismut
11 clues which contain a thematic word with its position in the clue defining a letter in the answer used. THis shows in the gird a character whose previous condition made them look … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,145 by Imogen
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29145.
Independent 11,490 / Filbert
Filbert is occupying this week’s Wednesday slot, which I am not that used to finding him in. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, pitched at the right level for a mid-week … Read more >>
RIP Mike Holmans
RIP Mike Holmans I heard today that Mike (Alchemi, Hemical, Chalmie) died yesterday. More details as and when.
Guardian Cryptic 29,144 by Brendan
Thanks Brendan – I really enjoyed this…
Financial Times 17,490 by JULIUS
A lovely start to the day from Julius.
Inquisitor 1814: Tailors by Kirsanov
Tailors by Kirsanov Fourteen clues contain a consecutive pair of extra letters, which must be removed before solving, always leaving real words. In clue order, these letters spell the name of an author … Read more >>
Guardian 29,143 – Brummie
I made a bit of a slow start on this, but once a few answers were in the rest mostly fell satisfyingly into place. Thanks to Brummie. I noticed while solving that a … Read more >>
Independent 11489 / Grecian
Puzzles by Grecian tend to appear once a month in the Independent series at the moment. I note that I have blogged the last three Grecian puzzles in May, June … Read more >>