Poins is usually in the IoS, but there are occasional weekday appearances, and we are the happier for that. This was a sound and enjoyable crossword with some very good clues.
Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
Guardian Cryptic 27,839 by Qaos
A musical offering from Qaos.
Inquisitor 1596: Double Act by Lato
Lato usually packs a lot of thematic material into his puzzles. Preamble: Fifteen thematic entries are evenly divided between two categories, spelt out by corrections to single letter definition misprints in thirteen … Read more >>
Financial Times 16184 Sayang
Thanks to Sayang. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1, 5 Man, perhaps, with prize book (8,6) TREASURE ISLAND : ISLAND(an example of which/perhaps is the Isle of Man) placed after(with) TREASURE(something … Read more >>
Independent 10,184 by Wire
A good Tuesday challenge from Wire today – this is his 7th Indy puzzle to date and the 2nd we have had the pleasure of blogging.
Guardian Cryptic 27,838 by Pasquale
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27838.
Financial Times 16,183 by CRUX
A mixed bag from CRUX this morning in that some clues were very easy and others quite tricky indeed!
Independent 10,183 by Knut
I found this a tough puzzle to get started with. There was an interesting variety of clues and you often had to break the clue down to atomic level to work out the parsing.
Guardian 27,837 / Vulcan
It’s Vulcan’s turn to the start the week.
Guardian Quiptic 1,020/Pan
Pan can always be relied on to give us a Quiptic that will provide a sound but enjoyable challenge to an improving solver. This is one of those. Abbreviations cd … Read more >>
Everyman 3,789
Everyman’s recent form continues: a little rough in places, but a witty and enjoyable solve.
Guardian Genius 191 by Kite
Not a good start for this one. Firstly it appeared a day late and then the initial pdf upload had the clue for 35ac missing. With 40% solved during my first quick pass … Read more >>
Azed 2450
A carte blanche to blog this week. I always enjoy cartes blanches as I like the challenge of cold solving a few clues. We were told that the grid was … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,527 by Tees
Interesting, but one clue I found much harder than the others. Thank you Tees.
Independent 10,182 by Filbert (Sat 01-Jun 2019)
Filbert is now established as a regular Saturday setter and must’ve claimed today in advance with a desire to come up a puzzle like this. It has a theme suitable for today’s main … Read more >>