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Guardian Prize 29,153 by Pangakupu
A first outing in the Prize slot for Pangakupu, who made his debut in the Guardian in 2022.
Financial Times 17,499 by Zamorca
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 19, 2023
Boatman – The Second 50
Boatman – The Second 50 Posted on behalf of Boatman I’ve just published my second collection of 50 puzzles from the Guardian – in fact, it’s 55 puzzles, as the book includes five … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,158 by Tramp
Some tricky cluing, with a few bits of tough parsing left to work through at the end. Lots of nice surfaces and definitions – my favourites were 4ac, 12ac, 17ac, 3dn, 14dn, and especially 4dn. Thanks to Tramp for the puzzle.
Independent 11,504 / Phi
Friday is Phi-day once again this week. I found this to be a medium difficulty puzzle by Phi and Indy standards. I made steady progress before needing to cheat to get 16D, which … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,504 by GOLIATH
A gentle challenge from GOLIATH this Friday.
Guardian 29,157 – Brockwell
Quite a tricky solve from a relative newcomer to the Guardian (though he’s been around a bit longer at the Independent as Grecian) – thanks to Brockwell. There’s an obvious theme, with several … Read more >>
Independent 11503 / Rodriguez
A puzzle from Rodriguez today, a setter who has appeared on the Independent roster regularly recently. I enjoyed this and had to think quite a bit on quite a few … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,503 by GURNEY
Gurney provides this morning's 11dn.
Enigmatic Variations No. 1603: Pie Crust by Jaques
What has Jaques served up for us this EV week? For PIE CRUST, will we have to fil-o the grid with some unusual ingredients?…and will our efforts prove a bit flaky?!…
Guardian Cryptic 29,156 by Picaroon
Apologies for the late blog and to anyone who commented on the placeholder which has now been deleted.
Independent 11,502 by Eccles
Our Wednesday challenge this week comes from Eccles.
Financial Times 17,502 by IO
As IO goes, this was relatively gentle.
Inquisitor 1816: Gridlocked by Soup
Here is the last in the sequence of 5 debutants: Soup’s first puzzle for the Inquisitor though he has set puzzles for The Guardian. Preamble: Rows and columns represent streets, with arrows … Read more >>