An enjoyable start to a Sunday morning. Thank you Poins.
AZED 2,334
The usual good-quality Azed competition puzzle: everything seems to be soundly clued.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
In the preamble it says ‘NB Competition clues submitted should begin with an appropriate letter so as to complete a hidden message‘. I spent ages trying to find this hidden message.
Everyman 3,673
A nina in an Everyman? Well possibly.
Independent crossword 9488 by Morph
A Morph puzzle as spring threatens to spring forth after another ridiculously mild winter. First of all I must congratulate Morph for mentioning the town I grew up in a clue. There was … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 1267: Half by Steve
As John Cleese once warbled in a Monty Python sketch: ‘Fiddle-de-dum, fiddle-di-dee, Eric the half-a-bee’… Steve seems to be challenging us to solve or find HALF a something in this EV…Eric the half-an-EV? … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 27,136 by Philistine
A very enjoyable puzzle that was not as difficult as it first appeared. In the end I think I spent as much time trying to find the reason to choose between the two possible orientations as I did solving the puzzle in the first place. Thank you Philistine
Financial Times 15,494 by CHALMIE
A masterclass from Chalmie this Friday morning.
Independent 9487 / Phi
This is my regular once in four weeks Friday and not surprisingly I find a puzzle by Phi I think this is just a standard puzzle free from ninas, themes, … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,141 by Pasquale
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27141.
Independent 9,486 by Punk
As I said once when posting a remark about a Mudd puzzle in the FT, we don’t appreciate this setter enough. This puzzle contains a whole lot of utterly good, straightforward clues with sensible surfaces and no straining involved. I suppose that if you’re being picky there are rather a lot of full or almost full anagrams, but they’re all clued quite naturally.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
Guardian 27,140 / Puck
Puck doesn’t get much more Puckish than this – a fun puzzle from start to finish. Apart from saying that this was what you might call a 23dn puzzle, I’ll resist the temptation … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,493 by JULIUS
4,20 for a tough puzzle…
Financial Times 15,484 – Falcon
Monday Prize Crossword / Feb 27, 2017
Monday puzzles are usually easy and this one was no exception.
Financial Times 15,483 by Alberich
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 25, 2017
Financial Times 15,492 by LOROSO
A super puzzle from Loroso who is back making regular appearances again. Long may this continue. I found this pretty tricky and I made it extra-hard for myself by writing in a couple of incorrect answers at 14d down and 26 across. Thank you Loroso.