Twin’s second appearance here in the Indy
Everyman 3,978
Everyman doing what Everyman does with our Sunday offering
Independent on Sunday 1,717/Hoskins
Hoskins has the Sunday Indy offering for us this weekend. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions are underlined … Read more >>
Independent 11,319 by Tyrus
I’m not sure why, but when I first looked at this puzzle, and saw the various clues with …,1,1,1,… enumeration I immediately assumed it was going to have a sporty theme with answers … Read more >>
Guardian 28,967 / Picaroon
I thought this was a witty and very enjoyable puzzle from Picaroon. Many thanks to the setter! Across 1. After palaver, bets a rogue is to avoid dismissal (5,4,3) CARRY ONE’S BAT CARRY … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,305 by Neo
Weekend puzzle from the FT of January 14, 2023
Financial Times 17,310 by BUCCANEER
A really tough one from BUCCANEER this Friday.
Guardian 28,972 / Pasquale
Pasquale rounds off the week with an interesting and enjoyable puzzle. There are two excellent long anagrams down the sides of the puzzle and a clever piece of misdirection at 6dn, which … Read more >>
Independent 11,318 by Phi
It’s the end of the week and once again, we have a Phi to solve. Once again, we have no complaints.
Guardian Cryptic 28,971 by Brendan
A tricky solve in parts, with some parsing only worked through when writing up the blog. Favourites 14ac, 19ac, 28ac and 29ac. Thanks to Brendan
Independent 11,317 / Rodriguez
Rodriguez has provided our Thursday cruciverbal challenge, with plenty of 2 for us to get our teeth into. I found this to be an enjoyable puzzle, medium to hard in terms of difficulty, … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,309 by JULIUS
Julius is the setter of today's FT puzzle.
Enigmatic Variations No. 1572: Find the Title by Gaston
Hi (or should that be high?) everybody.
Guardian 28,970 – Pangakupu
A nice puzzle with some elegant clueing. Thanks to Pangakupu. I noticed that the left and right columns contained the letters KORIPO MARAMA, which I see means bad weather in the Māori language. … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,308 by GUY
Many thanks to Guy for this morning’s challenge.