A nice puzzle from Qaos to welcome us to June.
Financial Times 15,555 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword / May 22, 2017
The fourth Dante within the last five weeks.
Is the FT following The Guardian?
Financial Times 15,554 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 20, 2017
Financial Times 15,563 by AARDVARK
An enjoyable puzzle and a good level of difficulty for the FT. You could fill the grid in a lunch break but with some trickier parsings to keep the eggheads happy. Thank you Aardvark.
Guardian Cryptic 27,211 by Nutmeg
Nutmeg’s Wednesday offering was challenging, but fun and fair.
Independent 9557 / Silvanus
Silvanus taskes over the mid-week slot today – this is his third Indy puzzle and the first for us to blog. We found it as enjoyable as the previous two offerings – … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1491: Don’t Trust the Picture by Phi
Don’t Trust the Picture by Phi Preamble: A number of answers are entered jumbled, and even then won’t fill the associated entries, leaving unchecked spaces blank. The complete versions of these entries are … Read more >>
Independent 9,556 / Radian
Radian has provided today’s puzzle, to take (guide?) us into the working week following the bank holiday. I actually found this to be quite a tough puzzle, one that needed to be chipped … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,562 by SAYANG
Our setter’s roots are showing this morning…
Guardian Cryptic 27,210 by Tramp
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27210.
Guardian Quiptic 915/Pasquale
A bit of a collector’s item – Pasquale in the Quiptic slot. In his various avatars, he has the ability to turn the heat up or down; here it was a very gentle simmer, … Read more >>
Guardian 27,209 / Rufus
It’s a Bank Holiday but no Monday off for Rufus. A characteristic blend of [some not very] cryptic and double definitions and several really good anagrams, particularly 10 and 18ac and 3dn. Thank … Read more >>
Independent 9,555 by Knut
A highly political puzzle with some great clues.
Private Eye (Cyclops/599) Mild Propaganda
Cyclops often creates puzzles with clues that range over 2 or more lights in different parts of the grid. I like the way this gives the puzzle a more three dimensional feel and … Read more >>
Azed 2,345
My second Azed blog and this time I’m able to write it at leisure with no time constraints. However, the extra time hasn’t meant that I am fully satisfied with this post because … Read more >>