A pangram from Paul.
Independent 9,766 / Dac
It is always a pleasure to find Dac occupying his spiritual home in the Indy Wednesday slot, and indeed many weeks have gone by since it last fell to me to blog one … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1526: Inner Turmoil by Harribobs
I struggled with the 2016 Halloween Harribobs offering with the bat picture and his 2017 “Captain’s Log” Australian map outline (now voted Inquisitor of the Year), and again this looked desperately complicated, but … Read more >>
Independent 9765 / Wiglaf
Wiglaf on Tuesday this week. It’s nearly fifteen months since I last blogged a Wiglaf puzzle and I note I said then that was the first Wiglaf I had blogged, … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,769 by FALCON
Rather devil-may-care, I thought. A bright & cheerful offering from Falcon.
Guardian Cryptic 27,419 by Qaos
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27419.
Guardian Quiptic 950/Nutmeg
Nutmeg has been a regular Quiptic setter since the puzzle’s inception eighteen years ago. She has delivered another thoughtful and sound offering for beginners this morning. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition … Read more >>
Guardian 27,418 / Pan
Pan continues to settle comfortably into the Monday slot. I enjoyed this solve of a generally straightforward puzzle, with enough quirks – unexpected definitions at 8 and 9ac, nifty devices at 12ac and … Read more >>
Independent 9764/Hoskins
No hallucinatory drugs were used in the construction of this blog, but this setter’s past form may have led me to imagine one or two things that aren’t really there. … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,768 by ARMONIE
Fairly straightforward offering from Armonie. Thank you!
Everyman 3,719
The Observer crossword / Jan 21, 2018
Another excellent offering from many solvers’ favourite Sunday setter.
Independent on Sunday 1457/Alchemi
A gentle Sunday solve from Alchemi, with a couple of inventive clues that I particularly liked. The only hold ups were caused by my own muppetry. When you’re trying to solve a clue … Read more >>
AZED 2,380
I filled the grid quickly enough, probably because of a lower than usual obscure word count. Explaining the clues took longer than usual, there is still one explanation that is not quite there. Thank you Azed.
Guardian 27,411 / Picaroon
Apologies for the late post – work stress over the past weeks and calendar incompetence combined meant that I totally forgot I was meant to be posting about this one. Anyway, I thought … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1313 Uncommon Happiness by Kcit
A double carte blanche with 2 missing clues and merged clues. At least the clues in are normal order, albeit without the word lengths. If that was not enough, a four word phrase … Read more >>