A lovely SLORMGORM to begin the week..
Independent 11,248 by Italicus
Italicus to get us going this week
Guardian Cryptic 28,902 by Anto
Anto is your Monday setter this week.
Private Eye (Cyclops / 739) Happy Surprise
In case you’re wondering, ’twas I who had the happy surprise! For the very first time, I have gone and done the puzzle in one pass! I suppose through all these years of … Read more >>
Everyman 3,967
Sunday rolls around and it’s time to blog the Everyman
Independent on Sunday 1,705/Tees
A carefully constructed and pleasing puzzle from Tees for our Sunday morning entertainment. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed … Read more >>
Independent 11,247 by Serpent (Saturday Puzzle 29 October 2022)
It’s been nearly three years since I had a Saturday Serpent to blog…too long, but ‘them’s the breaks’ in the Indy Saturday blogging schedule…anyway, there is usually something devious going on with a Serpent puzzle…
Guardian 28,895 / Vlad
I’m more used to seeing Vlad in the easier Monday slot, which we often do in our work crossword club, so it’s interesting to try a tougher challenge from this setter. As several … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,232 by Mudd
Weekend puzzle from the FT of October 22, 2022
Independent 11,246 by Phi
It’s Friday, it’s Phi-day once again.
Financial Times 17,237 by BRADMAN
A typical BRADMAN offering this Friday, with 2 clues that I have not been able to fully explain.
Guardian 28900 / Paul
The regular Guardian blogger is travelling today and unavailable to write the blog. I have ventured out of Independent and Inquisitor territory to stand in for him. Paul is a … Read more >>
Independent 11,245 / Filbert
Filbert latest puzzle has been provided for our sheer delectation this Thursday. I found this to be a challenging and at the same time thoroughly entertaining puzzle, a joy to solve from start … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 1561 Thirtieth Anniversary by proXimal
Well 30 years since the first EV – clues are 3’s and 0’s, as in that is how they are entered. The zeroes around the number and the threes jumbled between three numbers. … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,236 by ZAMORCA
A typical Zamorca puzzle.