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A quick solve with many fun clues and a couple of trickier parsings – I particularly liked 13ac, 21ac, 8dn, 21dn, and 23dn. Thanks to Anto ACROSS 9 IN CAHOOTS Comedian taken … Read more >>
Definitions in eight clues contain a misprint; correct letters spell a thematic location. Extra letters produced by wordplay in 26 further clues give a thematic quote, made by an individual whose name provides … Read more >>
A very satisfying Tuesday puzzle. Mostly straightforward, but with several head-scratching definitions. I had second thoughts about e.g. 25a and 7d, two which I would probably have mis-solved if I hadn't been blogging. … Read more >>
I was able to solve this very quickly, helped by a lot of straightforward clues and by… …the theme, which I was lucky to spot early on from 8a, confirmed by 14a: it’s … Read more >>
It’s over a year since I blogged a Dalibor puzzle, so it’s good to get another opportunity. As I finished the blog, I realised that it was a Tuesday, so … Read more >>
Hectence has given us a lot of bra-stretching this morning. An interesting Quiptic, probably on the hardish side (at least from the parsing point of view), and a pangram to … Read more >>
Slormgorm kicks off the week. Overall a very enjoyable puzzle. There were a couple of things that held me up: “open up” as an anagram indicator in 3d just about works in this … Read more >>
A very challenging puzzle with some great surface definitions. As I'm currently on antibiotics for a severely infected left thumb, I could have done without 1 across, but it was an interesting clue … Read more >>
A slightly tougher start to the week than usual. Having become used to Mondays being a bit easier than the rest of the week, I found this one a bit harder than the … Read more >>
This was another puzzle on the tough side for the Eye. I certainly made heavy weather of it. It didn’t seem that way at the start. First clue solved, 12A, was after trying … Read more >>
The Observer crossword from Nov 22, 2020 Another Sunday, another Everyman. And I am not complaining. But once again I’ll ask the question “Is it just me who thinks that our Sunday setter … Read more >>
Tees is becoming quite the IoS regular. Another sound puzzle with a good range of subject matter and clue types. Those who get anal about cryptic grammar might not like a construction that … Read more >>
A plain puzzle this week requiring a fair bit of general knowledge. I wonder when this puzzle was compiled as AMBER Rudd who features in the wordplay for 27 across, … Read more >>
The sight of those six letters: N-I-M-R-O-D above an Indy puzzle is usually enough to strike fear into the heart of many a solver and blogger…and this one was no exception for your correspondent!
Phew, this was hard work! A cleverly themed puzzle from Puck with lots of cross-referenced clues. Thanks to Puck! The rubric for this puzzle was: Special instructions: Ten solutions (not further defined) are … Read more >>