Apologies for late blog, busy moving house… Fortunately a pretty steady solve today only held up by my own incompetence with 30a.
Independent 9610 / Hoskins
This the 4th Hoskins we’ve blogged since he made his first appearance in the Indy nearly two years ago – and he’s still managing to include his trademark slightly risqué subjects in the … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,264 by Brummie
A mixed bag from Brummie today.
Guardian Quiptic 924/Pan
Pan is long-term setter of the Quiptic, and he/she has produced here a well-constructed Quiptic with clear cluing that would perfectly suit improving solvers. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd … Read more >>
Independent 9,609 by Daedalus
An absorbing puzzle with an excellent variety of clues.
Guardian Cryptic 27,263 by Rufus
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27263.
Everyman 3,693
Sunday morning and time to blog the Everyman over the noise of screaming grandchildren.
Azed 2354
A plain Azed puzzle for us this time This was a fairly standard Azed puzzle with precise cluing. The format of the clues is rarely different from those you find … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1,431 by Peter
This would be a good puzzle for a lazy Sunday breakfast or lunch. Sadly I no longer get to solve them on Sunday mornings any more as I forgot once too often, so now I have to solve and write them up earlier in the week, which may be efficient but misses the point somewhat. Thank you Peter.
Independent crossword 9608 by Serpent
As July comes to a close, a puzzle from Serpent to ease the misery of The British summer. I’m really starting to enjoy Serpent’s cluing – precise but with a little doubt thrown … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 1287: Go For It! by Kruger
Well, on the scale of ‘Fifty Shades of EV’, this was a masochistic 40-plus for your correspondent…Kruger exhorted us to ‘GO FOR IT!’, but I staggered across the line like a marathon runner … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 27,256 by Paul
I wasn’t getting anywhere with this, so I put it aside and opened the rather nice bottle of red wine given to us by a French couple in whose house we were staying last week. An hour later I was absolutely whizzing through the puzzle. I believe this is known in the trade as “getting on your setter’s wavelength”. Thanks Paul, for the puzzle and for the excuse.
Independent 9607 / Phi
Phi has given us a puzzle today with lots of the types of clue I enjoy solving. There are a lot of clues where the wordplay has many parts. That … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,613 by BRADMAN
An easy offering from BRADMAN today, thanks to whom for a brisk workout.
Guardian Cryptic 27,261 by Picaroon
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27261.