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.
Guardian Cryptic 28,899 by Matilda
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28899.
Guardian 28,898 / Brendan
I’m always pleased to see Brendan’s name on a puzzle I’m down to blog, confident that I’m in for an interesting challenge – albeit with a nagging anxiety about detecting a theme. The … Read more >>
Crossword setter on Countdown – link fixed
One of our regular setters is “Dictionary Corner” guest on Countdown this week. On Tuesday’s episode (Click here) he explains, albeit brief and rushed, a little bit about how the majority of clues … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,235 by STEERPIKE
Thanks to Steerpike for today’s puzzle.
Independent 11244 / Eccles
Eccles continues to deliver crosswords with excellent surfaces for clever clues. This week we have a crossword with a strong political theme, but I wonder whether Eccles realised that one … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,897 by Nutmeg
As ever from Nutmeg, this was very enjoyable with some very neat clueing. My favourites were 11ac, 23ac, 7dn, 12dn, and 15dn. Thanks to Nutmeg for the puzzle
Inquisitor 1773: Rames by Radler
We have an Inquisitor from Radler this week. We see a Radler puzzle about once a year. the previous one appearing in November 2021. We had a fairly short preamble telling us that … Read more >>
Independent 11,243 by Silvanus
Silvanus provides our Tuesday challenge.
Financial Times 17,234 by SLEUTH
I needed to put on my deerstalker for this offering from Sleuth.
Azed 2627
A reasonably testing Azed, though sound and clear in retrospect as usual. I have a minor quibble about the definition in 24d, but that might be my ignorance. Thanks to Azed. Across … Read more >>