The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27194.
Financial Times 15,537 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword / May 1, 2017
It doesn’t happen very often that we see a Dante on two consecutive Mondays.
Guardian readers are used to have one Rufus after the other, FT customers usually get only half the amount.
Financial Times 15,536 by Redshank
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 29, 2017 I found this a slightly difficult puzzle, especially in the top-left corner. My clue of the week is 18a (SERENADE) which may qualify … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,545 by MONK
Another nice puzzle from Monk, a bit trickier than the last few of his that I have blogged.
Guardian 27,193 / Nutmeg
A characteristically elegant and witty puzzle from Nutmeg. Getting the four long answers early on certainly helped towards a straightforward but entertaining solve. Thank you, Nutmeg – I really enjoyed it. Definitions are … Read more >>
Independent 9,539 by Eccles
An excellent puzzle from Eccles with soundness (I think) coupled with very pleasing surfaces. I found this very hard to begin with — none of the Acrosses fell at first sight — and then there were plenty of accessible Downs. Finally I stopped, having spent ages and failed on 22ac and 25ac. One of them is a (to me) dreaded cryptic definition, so there weren’t the usual two ways to the answer and I couldn’t see the required one; the other one (25ac) is still a bit of a mystery; no doubt someone will explain it better than I can.
Inquisitor 1488: Captain’s Log by Harribobs
Inquisitor puzzle by Harribobs … memories of BATS, struggling with the start of the endgame … Preamble: In some clues, wordplay leads to the answer plus an extra letter; extra letters spell … Read more >>
Independent 9538 / Hoskins
A fun puzzle from Hoskins today – mostly fairly straightforward, but with a few that got us thinking. We only realised that there was more to the puzzle when we had moreorless … Read more >>
Financial Times 15544 Sleuth
Thanks Sleuth, for an enjoyable puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Menial sort after day taking goods by ground (8) DOGSBODY : D(abbrev. for “day”) plus(after … taking) anagram of(… … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,192 by Picaroon
Difficult in places and enjoyable throughout. Favourites were 9ac, 27ac, 1dn, 8dn, 16dn and 21dn – thanks, Picaroon.
Quiptic 912 by Anto
We’re standing in for Pierre today and this is the first Quiptic we’ve blogged. Joyce often tackles the Quiptic if she is eating lunch on her own, so it isn’t the first Quiptic that we have solved!
Independent 9,537 by Vigo
An enjoyable outing from the reliable Vigo.
Guardian 27,191 – Rufus
It gets harder and harder to say anything new about Rufus – today I’ll just say that I found this very easy even by his standards, and that I expect to have a … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1419 / Poins
Another no-show by the scheduled blogger so my second outing today. For that reason there is only an analysis of the clues. Across 1 Make waves after senator’s first stint (6) SCRIMP – … Read more >>
Azed 2,342
For the first time in three or four years I solved the Azed last Sunday. Whether this was due to luck or premonition is anybody’s guess, but I heard a couple of hours … Read more >>