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Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 18, 2017 I found this fairly hard but managed to complete it without help, except for looking up ‘numbat’ (3d). My clue of the week … Read more >>
An excellent puzzle from Julius, as we have come to expect. Thank you Julius.
Although it is the last Wednesday of the month, when we might expect a stand-in compiler for him, Dac is here nonetheless with his latest puzzle, fidèle au poste! I actually found this … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27157.
I am sure that the erudite among you would not have had to google the key phrase as I did, but this was a very entertaining offering from Lato with an excellent PDM … Read more >>
Something of a challenge from Imogen this morning. I entered only a few answers on the first run through and I thought I might be in for a rough time. However, I was never completely … Read more >>
Radian provides us with one of those themed puzzles where you don’t need to spot the theme. . The theme was digging for archaeological evidence or buried treasure with many entries … Read more >>
A steady solve, with a couple of Hamilton’s trademark long anagrams.
Apologies for the later blog than usual.
A lovely puzzle with many elegant constructions – I particularly liked 4ac, 12ac, 20ac, 2dn, 10dn and 16dn. Thanks, Chifonie
Another Anto for us. There are a couple I can’t see, so help welcomed. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] … Read more >>
Quite a tough puzzle in places with some neatly deceptive clues.
Today is Mothering Sunday, and I need a cuddle from our mam after having to solve and parse this offering from Daedalus. More importantly, I need help from you kind folk to parse … Read more >>
A few more tricky clues today, such as 12ac which if, like me, you haven’t read the novel in question needed some online assistance. The customary smooth surfaces led to a pleasant Sunday … Read more >>
An Azed Carte Blanche this week. No clue numbers given, no bars in the grid. You have to work it all out I enjoyed this where we had to do … Read more >>
A nice short preamble – additional words in all clues and many entries are not words. Interesting. The first thing that became apparent with this puzzle was the mismatches between some entry lengths … Read more >>