Monday Prize Crossword / Oct 23, 2017
Enjoyable Falcon puzzle (in his familiar, very accessible style) to enliven my Monday breakfast.
Financial Times 15,686 by Redshank
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 21, 2017
Financial Times 15,695 by ARTEXLEN
I found this is an easier puzzle to solve than to blog, some of these clues were tricky to parse. Thanks Artexlen for an enjoyable puzzle.
Guardian 27,343 / Orlando
What a delight to find Orlando’s name on the puzzle this morning, after such a long time! It’s also a relief: I blogged his last puzzle, well over a year ago, on the … Read more >>
Independent 9689 / Eccles
An enjoyable puzzle from Eccles today. There was nothing obscure in the puzzle. I think all the entries are words that most solvers will have encountered outside the arcane world … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1513: Alphaperimetrical Jigsaw by Nimrod
Seeing that it’s a Nimrod puzzle often strikes fear into the heart of a blogger We had a fairly short preamble this time. It stated: Clued by their initial letters, … Read more >>
Growing up!
Well, we can now change into long trousers and go to big school. Yes, that’s right, we’ve reached that age, 11 today! This time last year I bored you with some statistics (which … Read more >>
Independent 9,688 by Wiglaf
This crossword from Wiglaf caused some difficulty, partly no doubt as a result of my lack of familiarity with its theme, but apart from one or two niggles everything seemed to be sound enough and generally I enjoyed it.
Financial Times 15,694 by JASON
Decent Tuesday puzzle with some easy-reading (in a good way) surfaces from Jason.
Guardian Cryptic 27,342 by Pasquale
As often, Pasquale throws in a few obscurities – two completely new words and several only vaguely recognised, all gettable in the end thanks to the clueing. Favourites were 11ac, 13ac, 8dn and 14dn.
Independent 9687 by Hoskins
Well it’s Monday and Hoskins, much needed relief after a weekend in York. The Indy web site gremlins seem to have struck again but the puzzle is now up.
Guardian Quiptic 937 / Matilda
The scheduled blogger is still in York so I am covering for him. This is Matilda’s third appearance in the Quiptic slot but the first one I have solved so I didn’t know … Read more >>
Guardian 27,341 – Rufus
A very Rufus-y Rufus today, with more than half the clues (17 ouf of 28) being double or cryptic defintions, or a kind of combination of the two. Personally I’d prefer a bit … Read more >>
Cyclops 610 – Florid Tycoon
The usual mix of excellent surface readings, political targets at home and across the water, and a lower-than-usual reading on the Smut-ometer from Cyclops this fortnight… An impressive, if maybe sub-Araucarian and even sub-Paulesque, … Read more >>
3D Crossword Calendar 2018
A message from Puck:
The 2018 3D Crossword Calendar is now available. Puzzle setters for 2018 include seven regulars from the Guardian (Arachne, Enigmatist, Nutmeg, Pasquale, Puck, Tramp and Vlad) and three others whose puzzles are blogged here (Anax, Eclogue and Shark).