Pretty sure this is a debut from Laccaria. This has probably the best clue I’ve blogged in years.
Everyman 3,969
I haven’t been very efficient this time, since there are two clues that leave me bewildered. However, I’m sure that some of the many people who read this blog will help. Otherwise it’s quite a satisfactory Everyman with the usuals (self-reference, first letters, rhyming answers (PACIFIC OCEAN, LAWS OF MOTION), and no doubt other things that I’ve missed). In only one or two cases I’m a bit unhappy with the clues.
Definitions underlined, in crimson. Indicators (anagram, homophone, hidden, first letters, etc) in italics. Anagram indicators indicated like *(this) or (this)*. Link-words in green.
Comment numbers – now fixed, I hope
It appears that a bug has crept in which is affecting comment numbering. I will look into it today as a matter of urgency. This may be related to a licence renewal which … Read more >>
Independent 11,259 by Tees
The last Saturday Indy I blogged was by Tees, and the setter and blogger rotas are coinciding so here he is again. I’m not sorry. There’s often something a little quirky in a … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,244 by Mudd
Weekend puzzle from the FT of November 5, 2022
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 28,907 by Vlad (5 November 2022)
It’s a Vlad Saturday Prize puzzle, and the first word of the first clue is ‘Impale…’! Did anyone get skewered by this puzzle?…
Guardian 28,912 / Picaroon
Picaroon rounds off the weekday puzzles with a characteristically entertaining and challenging puzzle. There are some fine anagrams to help things along and some mischievous misdirections ( a seeming containment indicator in 21ac) … Read more >>
Independent 11258/ Phi
Phi gives us a good mix of entries today, most of which are well known. I liked the long anagram with the simple definition ‘now’. Given my age, I was … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,249 by PHSSTHPOK
A superb challenge from PHSSTHPOK today.
Guardian Cryptic 28,911 by Nutmeg
Lots of tricky fun – I really liked 11ac, 20ac, 1dn, and especially 22ac and 23ac. Many thanks to Nutmeg for the puzzle.
Independent 11,257 by Bluth
Our Thursday challenge is provided by Bluth this week.
Financial Times 17,248 by BOBCAT
Bobcat is the setter in today's FT.
Enigmatic Variations No. 1563: Belief Systems by Serpent
I was double-Serpented on the weekend of the York get-together, with his Indy puzzle to blog on the Saturday, and then this EV on the Sunday…if I had a BELIEF SYSTEM that included previous lives, I would suspect I had done something wrong in one of them!
Guardian 28,910 – Pasquale
Quite a tricky one from Pasquale today, with a few obscurities and some tricky parsings. Thanks to Pasquale for the chewy challenge. Across 9 ELAN VITAL Supposed creative force that could make … Read more >>
Independent 11,256 by Eccles
Yippee! Eccles fills the mid-week spot again today.