Trickier than average for me and one clue I still cannot explain. Thank you Azed.
Independent crossword 9907 by Nimrod
A Saturday in July and a familiar adversary Nimrod has control of the clues today. Oh joy! A mild outing by Nimrod’s standards or I was on a roll. I suspect the former. … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1337 First Instalment by Ifor
A seriously long preamble – extra letters and missing letters in alternating down clues. Something weird to happen to two across clues and 16 letters to find in a closed loop, inside which … Read more >>
Guardian 27,555 / Paul
I’ll be interested to see if other people found this as tough as we did! It’s one of those ones where looking back I’m not sure why it was quite so hard, but … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,909 by WANDERER
A really tough challenge from WANDERER this Friday that I struggled with. Needed some help to get across the line. Thanks WANDERER for a brilliant puzzle.
Independent 9906 / Phi
We are currently on holiday – if there are any errors, omissions or anything else that needs a reply we are afraid that we may not be able to deal with it until … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,560 by Picaroon
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27560.
York S&B 2018
An update from John Henderson regarding accommodation at York Racecourse: I’m led to believe that non-S&B bookings are coming up fast on the rails – and if people want a cheap weekend … Read more >>
Guardian 27,559 / Paul
Paul makes his weekly appearance on Thursday this week. A bit of a mixture of straightforward clues and a few trickier ones, including a couple of amusing ‘homophones’ and one or … Read more >>
Independent 9,905 / Punk
This week’s Thursday slot has been occupied by Punk, whose work I rarely have the opportunity to blog. I found this puzzle very challenging and in the end had to resort to the … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,908 by ALBERICH
The puzzle can be found here.
Financial Times 15,898 by Rosa Klebb
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 30, 2018
Financial Times 15,907 by AARDVARK
My apologies for the lateness of the blog today
Guardian Cryptic 27,558 by Qaos
An enjoyable puzzle with some lovely surfaces, and a couple of niggles that turned up while blogging without spoiling the solving. Favourites were 13ac, 22ac, 24ac, 21dn, and 23dn.
Independent 9904 / Knut
Knut focuses on topical news in his puzzles. Topicality of course is constrained by the lead times required to get a puzzle compiled, edited and published in a national daily. … Read more >>