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A nice start to the week with a lot of neat cluing – my favourites were 14ac, 25ac, 27ac, 8dn, and 20dn. Thanks to Vulcan. ACROSS 9 ONE-LEGGED Needing support, being half … Read more >>
We are well into ‘post-Covid’ setting now, with ‘lockdown’ and ‘coronavirus’ both getting a mention in the clues. Lockdown frustration still seems to be getting the better of Cyclops, with lots of sexual … Read more >>
All good fun. Thank you Wire. ACROSS 1 SHAKEDOWN Extortion in America? Arab chief audibly unhappy (9) SHAKE sounds like (audibly) “sheik” (Arab chief) then DOWN (unhappy) 6 TIFF Twisted healthy wolf’s … Read more >>
Everyman’s recent run of slightly harder puzzles continues – but it’s an enjoyable one. As usual some of the definitions involve a bit of lateral thinking, and the wordplay in 25a is not … Read more >>
Fewer gratuitously obscure words than usual. Azed in a gentle mood perhaps? Thank you Azed ACROSS 1 WIGHTLY German, height short, taken in by cunning swiftly (7) G (German) HT (height, short=abbrev) inside … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here. Hi everyone, and happy Caturday. I hope your eyes are brighter than mine, and your tails bushier. After wilting in the heat in what has felt … Read more >>
A pretty complicated preamble, and a pretty complicated solve! Could ‘PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE’ be a (wishful) reference to lockdown life for many of us?!
Very enjoyable indeed. Thank you Picaroon. ACROSS 1 LUSTRE Outspoken person desiring brilliance (6) sounds like (out-spoken) “luster” (person desiring) 5 PASTICHE Plane’s nose sparkling white and red in take-off (8) Plane … Read more >>
Phi eases us into the weekend with this Friday offering I wasn’t too sure about the word ‘bothered’ in the clue for OVERDRIVE at 26 across as OVER could simply … Read more >>
A slow and tricky solve, with lots of fun clues – I particularly liked 1ac, 9/23, 13ac, 17ac, 21ac, 26ac, 3dn, and 14dn. Many thanks to Paul. ACROSS 1 SESAME Pith extracted … Read more >>
I enjoyed this puzzle from Wanderer, thanks to whom for a good Friday joust. Couple of new words learnt along the way but eminently gettable from the immaculate cluing. FF: 9 DD: 8 … Read more >>
An enjoyable Redshank puzzle. This was a nice puzzle to blog, with just enough challenging clues to keep me interested, but nothing too difficult to parse. I liked 24 and 25 across, and … Read more >>
Another top-quality puzzle from Nutmeg: a good range of difficulty in the clues, with some of the six double definitions (perhaps verging on the excessive side?) causing me the most trouble. There are … Read more >>
Goodness how difficult, but what a privilege to be able to blog a crossword like this. Maize has yet again excelled themselves. There are lots of excellent and original clues in this crossword. … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 13, 2020 I had a scare when I first went to download this puzzle from the FT’s website. It informed me that its crosswords were … Read more >>