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 >>
Financial Times 17,489 by FALCON
Some nice surprises in today’s Falcon puzzle
Financial Times 17,488 by NEO
NEO kicks things off this week…
Guardian Quiptic 1,238/Hectence
A pleasing Quiptic as always from Hectence, with some delightful surface readings. A few straightforward anagrams to start the grid fill, then mainly a diet of cleverly constructed charades for the solver to … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 29,142 by Nutmeg and Arachne
A rare collaboration in today's Guardian
Independent 11,488/Hippogryph
Hippogryph is a regular but not particularly frequent setter of Indy puzzles. This is the first time one of his offerings has come up on my watch, and I enjoyed solving and blogging … Read more >>
Financial Times Sunday No.12 – World by Gozo
Another highly enjoyable geographically themed puzzle in the FT’s Sunday series. Find it on the FT website to print or solve interactively, or use the FT’s smartphone app.
Everyman 4,006
Another Sunday, another Everyman to solve over a beer in the pub.
Independent on Sunday 1,745/Hoskins
Those that like Hoskins’ puzzles to be filled with drink and drug references won’t be disappointed by this one. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind … Read more >>
Genius No 241 by Jack
A musical theme for this month’s Genius.
Azed No. 2,667 Plain
What one expects from Azed: sound clueing, lots of crazy words that need a copy of Chambers, and all very enjoyable.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics and shown *(like this) or (this)*