Great fun from Paul – many favourites including 1ac, 22ac, 2dn, 4/19dn, 15dn, 23dn, and especially 12ac.
Independent 9,618 / Tees
Tees has provided this Thursday’s cruciverbal entertainment, using a grid that I am more used to seeing in the Guardian than in the Indy. I found this to be an easy puzzle to … Read more >>
Guardian 27,272 / Nutmeg
The mind can do some funny things when it comes to word association. As soon as I saw it was Nutmeg this morning I immediately thought of rice pudding, followed very quickly by … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,615 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword / Jul 31, 2017
Last week Falcon, this week Dante.
Relatively easy and no surprises ….
Financial Times 15,614 by Rosa Klebb
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 29, 2017
Financial Times 15,623 by MONK
It is always a pleasure to get a Monk puzzle to solve and blog, he never disappoints. Thank you Monk.
Guardian Cryptic 27,271 by Arachne
This puzzle can be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27271
Independent 9617 / Silvanus
This is the first Silvanus puzzle I have blogged and I enjoyed the puzzle overall. ‘The clue I most enjoyed today was the one for FRIENDSHIP at 26 across where … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1501: Fancy Working Away? by Kruger
Kruger tells us in the preamble to his puzzle that sixteen clues contain a redundant word. The first letters of these give a well-known title which (ignoring the significance of apostrophes) describes how … Read more >>
Independent 9,616 by Scorpion
This took me ages, although I have no real excuse. Everything was sound so far as I could see; it was simply very hard. It seems that with Scorpion’s crosswords much of the difficulty lies in the fact that there are so many possibilities at each stage.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
Guardian Cryptic 27,270 by Picaroon
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27270.
Financial Times 15,622 by CRUX
A brisk workout from Crux this Tuesday. A good one for practising your speed techniques.
Quiptic 925 by Matilda
Welcome to Matilda, whose debut puzzle I believe this is. Good to see a new setter making an appearance.
Guardian 27,269 / Pasquale
Well, here’s a surprise – Pasquale rather than Rufus in the Monday slot. This should cause some discussion. 😉 More of a challenge than usual for the beginning of the week but not … Read more >>