Monday Prize Crossword / May 29, 2017
Falcon knows what many Monday solvers want, a nice and easy puzzle.
Financial Times 15,560 by Goliath
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 27, 2017
Financial Times 15,569 by MONK
At the risk of repeating myself… another great puzzle from Monk. Thank you Monk.
Independent 9,563 by Hypnos
Hypnos and I haven’t met for ages and this pleasant simple crossword shows that he hasn’t lost anything. Nothing much to say really: just a whole lot of sound and very satisfactory clues. The Wednesday standard set by Dac is being maintained.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
Guardian Cryptic 27,217 by Chifonie
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27217.
Inquisitor 1492: Rude Card by Schadenfreude
Another Schadenfreude for me to blog; anything to do with Columbus, I wonder, given the number of the puzzle? Preamble: Corrections to single letter misprints in the definition parts of twelve clues … Read more >>
Guardian 27,216 / Brendan
An interesting and absorbing literary offering from Brendan today, with ingenious interweaving of clues and elegant and witty surfaces, as ever. Knowing Brendan, I’m rather worried that there may be more going on … Read more >>
Independent 9562 / Crosophile
We really enjoyed this Crosophile offering today. The theme became apparent early on, although at first we thought it was based on 1d-ic drinks until we realised that there are a lot … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,568 by CRUX
Quick and painless from Crux this morning, though not without some wit and style.
Guardian Quiptic 916/Hectence
If you were here earlier looking for the blog, you will have seen that I posted a note to say that this morning’s Quiptic had not yet been published on the Grauniad website … Read more >>
Guardian 27,215 – Rufus
The online version of the crossword hasn’t yet appeared, so I’ve had to solve and blog in a bit of a rush. Favourite today was 11dn. Thanks, Rufus.
Edit: the crossword is now available online on the Guardian website
Independent 9,561 by Alchemi
It’s been 2 years since I last blogged an Alchemi and this I found rather tricky in places
Guardian Genius 167 – Paul
A relatively easy Genius, or so I found, with plenty of simple entry clues peppered around the grid to enable a foothold to be gained. Given that 10ac was unclued, and a key … Read more >>
AZED 2,346
A nice comparatively easy Azed today — the last one I did was his P.D. at the start of May, and that took ages. This one didn’t, although it was less fun. But very enjoyable, though. 8dn?
As always I haven’t bothered to explain the difficult words.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
Everyman 3,685
Well it’s Everyman, there’s rarely much to say about these rather fine, if easyish crosswords