Oof. A Tuesday toughie for once. Great fun, though.
Inquisitor 1623: Myth by Dysart
Myth by Dysart The three unclued entries (one of two words) are names linked by a thematic film whose main character is hidden in the grid (11 cells, to be highlighted). In … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,000 by Paul
A suitable puzzle for Crossword 28,000 – tough and with some lovely clues. Favourites 10ac, 13ac, 24ac, 28ac, 19dn and 23dn. Thanks to Paul for the puzzle.
Financial Times 16,345 by VELIA
VELIA kicks off the week in style… A highly enjoyable puzzle this, I thought. Lot’s of lovely clues. 1a, 9a, 12a, 5d, 14d, and 25d were all very nice. 26a made me chuckle. … Read more >>
Independent 10,345 by Filbert
An excellent puzzle with some great surface definitions.
Guardian Quiptic 1047 Anto
Thanks to Anto. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Reserve able to control movements in very large area (12) SUBCONTINENT : SUB(short for “substitute”/a reserve player in a competitive team) + … Read more >>
Guardian 27,999 – Vulcan
The usual Monday mixture from Vulcan: some nice clues, but also a couple that at distinctly on the weak side. Thanks to Vulcan. I wonder if tomorrow’s puzzle number 30,000 will bring something … Read more >>
Private Eye (Cyclops/665) Offensive Utterance
One of those Eye puzzles that I found difficult to finish despite getting most of it early on. In my notes I marked 16 as solved on first reading. 1d was a lovely … Read more >>
General Discussion
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Independent on Sunday 1,554 by Silvanus
The puzzle can be found here. Hi everyone. Thanks to Silvanus for today’s entertainment, and apologies for this blog being a little later than usual. I slept in after a very long … Read more >>
Guardian Genius 197 / Soup
A tricky one this month that took me far longer to solve than a puzzle in this series normally does. The instruction was clear enough: ll vwls hv bn rmvd frm bth cls nd … Read more >>
Azed 2477
The last competition puzzle before the Chrtistmas special, and a fairly gentle one (after the initial hurdle of it not being available on the website till Monday). Thanks to Azed. … Read more >>
Everyman 3,816
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3816. Everyman is mostly on a back-to-basics kick this week, although there is the &lit clue at 9A NERVOUS TIC, where the entire clue doubles as definition … Read more >>
Independent 10,344 by Klingsor
An enjoyable solve today with a couple of definitions which needed checking. There were a couple which had us scratching our head due to clever misdirections until we suddenly realised that A = … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 27,992 / Picaroon
Our crossword Editor continues to surprise us: after a week without a Paul puzzle, it seemed that he must be going to slip into the Prize slot for the second week running [which … Read more >>