Nice easy start to Monday from Armonie.
Independent 10,171 by Tees
Witty entertainment from Tees. A few obscure words and names, but clearly clued.
Guardian Cryptic 27,825 by Vulcan
A puzzle for those of you who want a gentle start to the week.
Guardian Quiptic 1,018/Anto
The last Anto I blogged was an okay Quiptic, but this was, in my view, back to the bad old days when the feedback in the comments section on this setter’s offerings was … Read more >>
Everyman 3,787
The Observer crossword from May 12, 2019
The good news is that this crossword had a similar feel as recent Everyman crosswords and, therefore, it looks like some consistency has set in.
A doable puzzle with quite a few anagrams to make life easier for beginning solvers.
Independent on Sunday 1,525/Loglady
I wasn’t sure I had blogged a Loglady puzzle before, so I checked the archive and found that I had, a while ago. I wrote in that blog that I enjoyed it, and … Read more >>
AZED 2,448
Is this an Azed I see before me?
Independent 10,170 by Klingsor (Saturday Puzzle 18 May 2019)
Apologies again for the late posting – an enjoyable (and significant?) puzzle from Klingsor today… I woke up a tad worse for wear this morning, after celebrating cycling coast-to-coast across Lancashire and Yorkshire … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1381 To Avoid Offence by Kruger
A Sunday in May and a tussle with Kruger. 12 misprints to find to reveal the start of a quote. Then some clashes to resolve to find the originator. Then some other entries … Read more >>
Guardian 27,818 / Paul
A fairly straightforward prize puzzle on the whole, I thought, though I had some trouble with 1d and 11a,2a. Lots to enjoy and appreciate here! Thanks, Paul. Across 1. Sad feeling, Brexit dealer … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27823 Paul
Thanks to Paul for a challenging puzzle, solving as well as parsing. There is one that I could only partially parse, so I’ll need someone to fill in the blanks please. Definitions are … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,169 by WANDERER
A riveting challenge from WANDERER that left me feeling short on both my solve as well as my vocabulary. Needed help from the interwebs to bring this home.
Independent 10,169 by Phi
It’s Phi-day again and this week, we found his puzzle rather trickier than usual.
Independent 10,168 / Serpent
Serpent has set today’s crossword for our mid-week delectation. I found this a hard puzzle to make inroads into and had an almost empty grid for a good while. Once I got started, … Read more >>
Financial Times 16,168 by ALBERICH
Alberich provides this morning’s FT puzzle.