A breezy challenge from Bradman this Friday morning. Thanks Don.
Azed 2348
A plain Azed puzzle this week The parsing took me a while to suss out this week. I didn’t get to the bottom of a few clues until well into … Read more >>
Independent 9572 by Anax (Saturday Puzzle 17 Jun 2017)
A tough-but-fair mental workout from Anax this Saturday… …two 3-linked-words clues at 6D and 18D, which either help or hinder, depending on how quickly you get them (not very quickly, in my case!), and … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1281 Carte Blanche by Stick Insect
No bars this week. Extra letters in all the clues which spell out a line from a play. The letters within the speaker of this line then need to be highlighted. Sounds amusing. … Read more >>
Guardian 27,220 / Imogen
This is only the second puzzle by Imogen I’ve ended up blogging, which is a shame, because his puzzles are brilliant – this is another cracker, I think. The theme here was DEAD … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27225 Philistine
As usual, an enjoyable crossword from Philistine, to whom, thanks. A couple of tricky ones were the last in. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 A delicate pregnant lady’s clothing displayed with … Read more >>
Independent 9571 / Phi
Another week, another Friday, another offering from Phi. We found this fairly straightforward apart from having to check 8 and 9 down. Joyce had vaguely heard of 8d and we both guessed … Read more >>
Independent 9570 / Nimrod
A very tricky (some might say diabolical) Nimrod today that stretched my solving ability to its limit. I didn’t expect to be blogging this one, otherwise I would have made notes during my … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,576 by DOGBERRY
Dogberry gets the Thursday FT gig this morning.
Guardian Cryptic 27,224 by Puck
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27224.
Financial Times 15,567 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword / Jun 5, 2017
Not the hardest puzzle on the Ironbridge Scale, even if the NW took slightly longer than the rest of it.
Financial Times 15,566 by Gaff
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 3, 2017
Financial Times 15,575 by CHALMIE
An enjoyable puzzle with some nice surfaces. There is one explanaion that has defeated me. Thank you Chalmie.
Guardian 27,223 / Nutmeg
Nutmeg’s crystal ball must have been working overtime when she set this one because of the various topical entries/references. A well as the NI political party, currently much in the news, forming part of … Read more >>
Independent 9569 / Tees
It’s Tees taking the Wednesday slot this week. Tees usually appears about one a month in the Independent. With Tees you know you are always going to get classical or … Read more >>