A tasty offering from Qaos today…
Financial Times 15,721 / Alberich
When I was asked, at short notice, to stand in today I hoped that it would be something I could get my teeth into and I wasn’t disappointed to see that the setter … Read more >>
Independent 9715 / Phi
We cannot believe that it is time for us to blog a Phi again – where does the time go these days? We found this a fairly straightforward solve which was very … Read more >>
Independent 9,714 / Hoskins
Hoskins has given us a puzzle to sink our teeth into this Thursday, the first of his puzzles that it has fallen to me to blog in a long time. I actually found … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,368 by Crucible
My first Guardian outing for some time on a rather chilly St Andrew’s day.
Financial Times 15,720 by DOGBERRY
The puzzle can be found here.
Financial Times 15,711 – Armonie
Monday prize Crossword / Nov 20, 2017
Dante and Falcon may be the perfect Monday setters, Armonie could be one too.
Accessible, relatively easy and consistent.
Financial Times 15,710 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 18, 2017
Financial Times 15,719 by JULIUS
Thank you Julius for another fine puzzle to solve and blog. A couple of bits I don’t fully understand but no doubt they will be explained in due course.
Independent 9713 / Dac
We have a typically elegant Dac crossword today You know what you are going to get with Dac. Clues with very good surfaces, unambiguous parsing and entries that come from … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,367 by Brendan
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27367.
Inquisitor 1517: CONTROL + ALT + DELETE by Ifor
Ifor is an innovative and challenging setter, so it was good to see his name attached to this puzzle The preamble told us that "Across clues and entries are normal … Read more >>
Independent 9,712 by Knut
I enjoyed this. Not too desperately difficult but there were some tricky bits. For example I only just realised about 26ac and was searching vainly on Google for some song that she performed.
Guardian 27,366 / Pasquale
A fairly typical puzzle from Pasquale, with the customary unfamiliar or half-forgotten word or two thrown in to challenge us – but all, as ever, meticulously clued and therefore ultimately solvable. Thank you, … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,718 by CRUX
Enjoyable puzzle. Nothing vicious, but always interesting with some very nice surfaces.