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Invalid Care by Phi Please note that with effect from Inquisitor 1596, the weekly blog will appear on Tuesdays at 10am. Six of the thematic clues are really pairs of clues containing wordplay … Read more >>
Wiglaf has set this week’s Tuesday challenge, whose theme quickly emerges from a first quick perusal of the clues. There is a general music theme today, as can be identified from many of … Read more >>
A highly enjoyable Tuesday morning romp.
Arachne at her witty best this morning.
A bank holiday FALCON eases us into the week…
Thanks Hectence. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 8 Revels in ruin of VAT files (8) FESTIVAL : Anagram of(ruin of)VAT FILES. 9 Stretch out, then squat to keep out of sight … Read more >>
Another fine crossword from Flitwick. A tractable puzzle in the usual Monday Indy style, with precise clueing and some deft touches. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad … Read more >>
Solving was one of those times when a couple of hasty wrong answers put the kibosh on a quick solve. At the first pass I only had gaps at the top left and … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27831.
The puzzle can be found here. Hello everyone — I hope you are enjoying this bank holiday weekend. Thanks to Peter who has provided us with an enjoyable puzzle. Thanks also to … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3788.
Another fine puzzle. Thank you Azed.
As May comes to an end, a puzzle from Hob. I suspect it wouldn’t be June following May this year! Nice fun puzzle with a lot of cross referencing amongst the clues. Usually … Read more >>
A welcome change to see Brummie on a Saturday. I had to go all the way down to 22ac to get started, where an easy anagram gave a way in, followed … Read more >>
“In RECONSTRUCTIONS, the answers to seven clues must be reconstructed, in each case omitting one letter, to form thematic entries. When the grid has been filled, an eighth thematic reconstruction, formed from the omitted letters, must be entered so as to consume another entry (leaving crossing entries as real words). Solvers must highlight a hidden term (6) which completes all the thematic entries. Numbers in brackets refer to entry lengths.”