Oh what fun!
Inquisitor 1612: High-ups by Gila
Gila has provided us with some pretty good Inquisitor puzzles in the past, so I have high hopes for this one. Preamble: Every second clue contains a single letter misprint, occurring in … Read more >>
Guardian 27,934 / Puck
It’s good to get a Puck puzzle to blog on my return from holiday. [Thanks to Duncan and Pierre for standing in for me while I was away.] I found it fairly straightforward, … Read more >>
Independent 10,279 by Alchemi
Thanks to Alchemi for a satisfying Monday morning exercise session.
Guardian Cryptic 27,933 by Chifonie
A little tougher than the usual Monday, and very neatly clued. Favourites 15ac, 7dn, 14dn, and 21dn. Thanks to Chifonie
Guardian Quiptic 1,036/Matilda
Matilda waltzing into town again with another well-constructed Quiptic puzzle, which I enjoyed solving and blogging. If you were in the ‘beginners’ rather than ‘those in a hurry’ category, you might have found … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,279 by FALCON
Just right for a Monday.
Independent on Sunday 1,543 by Peter
A very nice traditional crossword, not all easy but plenty of accessible clues. Thank you Peter.
Everyman 3,805
I think we now know what to expect from Everyman, and this is it.
AZED 2,466
A puzzle with some contemporary political, sporting and cultural references this week, but I was troubled a little by the plural of certain fish(es).
Independent 10,278 by Serpent
The puzzle can be found here. Salutations, solvers, and a splendid Serpentine Saturday to you all. Some of these I found stiff in the parsing, although the solutions slipped in more readily … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 27,926 by Crucible
Very enjoyable thank you Crucible.
Enigmatic Variations No. 1399: They Are What They Are by Artix
A classic – and classical – EV from Artix… …with a lot of preamble, and a lot of white space between the clues. The preamble states that: “In THEY ARE WHAT THEY ARE, … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,931 by Paul
Found this tricky at the beginning, with plenty of smiles once I got going. Favourites were 6ac, 24ac, 2dn, 13dn and 23dn. Thanks to Paul
Independent 10277 / Phi
Phi eases us into the weekend with a puzzle that has a varied mix of entries. With Phi’s puzzles, I often bang a few of the entries into Google as … Read more >>