The Observer crossword from Mar 17, 2019
Another Everyman crossword that, luckily, didn’t frighten the horses.
Independent on Sunday 1,517/Flitwick
Always interesting to get first blogging dibs on a new setter. Until now Flitwick was just a station that I occasionally whizzed through on my way to St Pancras from the East Midlands, … Read more >>
AZED 2,440
On the easy side for Azed I thought. Thank you Azed.
Enigmatic Variations 1373 Doublespeak by Samuel
Samuel pits the challenge this week. Six special entries and the rest have an additional answer in the wordplay. These spell three titles and the name of the leader behind all three must … Read more >>
Independent 10,122 by Serpent (Sat 23-Mar 2019)
O Serpent, have you fooled me this time. I’m well used to there being a theme in a Serpent puzzle, and well-used to missing them, which I don’t usually worry about. But as … Read more >>
Guardian 27,770 / Picaroon
I got a bit stuck half way through this, though looking back I’m not sure why – I think all the clues are fair and not too hard. Some lovely misleading surface readings … Read more >>
Guardian 27,775 / Nutmeg
Nutmeg ends the week with her usual wit and elegance. I found this a bit more of a tussle than usual and at one point had the whole of the right hand side … Read more >>
Independent 10,121 by Phi
It’s Phi-day again!
Financial Times 16,122 by MUDD
An easy challenge from MUDD, who I havent seen much on Fridays. There might be more to the parsing on a couple of clues than what I have so looking forward to improvements on them. Thanks MUDD.
Independent 10,120 / Punk
Punk has provided today’s daily (over?)dose of cruciverbal entertainment. I found this to be a real challenge, of a puzzle, but one that I thoroughly enjoyed. Punk won the battle between solver and … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,774 by Paul
A slow, difficult, and satisfying solve. Favourites were 17ac, 1dn, 3dn, 7dn, and 22dn. Thanks to Paul.
Financial Times 16,121 by ARTEXLEN
Artexlen provides this morning’s FT challenge.
Financial Times 16,111 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 9, 2019
Financial Times 16,120 by AARDVARK
This turned out to be harder than it looked on first reading. Thanks Aardvark.
Guardian 27,773 – Tramp
A very enjoyable puzzle from Tramp which has one of his characteristic themes running through some of the clues, albeit less all-pervasively than he sometimes manages (I may have missed some references). I … Read more >>