Tough going, mostly done a corner at a time and ending in the bottom right. Favourites were 25ac, 26ac, and 5dn – thanks, Crucible.
Financial Times 15,609 – Falcon
Monday Prize Crossword / Jul 24, 2017
The kind of accessible crossword that you may expect when seeing the setter’s name (Falcon).
Financial Times 15,608 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 22, 2017
Financial Times 15,617 by JULIUS
Julius is up there at the top of my favourite setters list but unusually this one I found this a bit of a mixed bag.
Independent 9,611 by Eccles
Apart from my complete blank with 18dn, and one or two very slight misgivings (27ac, 28ac, 1dn) the clues here are very pleasant and this is one of Eccles’s (you may notice Eccles’s not Eccles) typical good productions. The clues at 9ac and 6dn are very nice.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
Guardian 27,265 – Chifonie
As usual with Chifonie, a quick and easy solve, but with smooth and sound clueing (apart from one bugbear). Thanks to Chifonie. Across 1. ACTRESS Player added … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1500: Three-Dimensional by SPINK
With some trepidation I embark on this sesquimillennial puzzle, set by Schadenfreude, Phi, Ifor, Nimrod & Kruger. Preamble: To reveal the theme, solvers must highlight 35 cells which are not provided by … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,616 by ARMONIE
Apologies for late blog, busy moving house… Fortunately a pretty steady solve today only held up by my own incompetence with 30a.
Independent 9610 / Hoskins
This the 4th Hoskins we’ve blogged since he made his first appearance in the Indy nearly two years ago – and he’s still managing to include his trademark slightly risqué subjects in the … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,264 by Brummie
A mixed bag from Brummie today.
Guardian Quiptic 924/Pan
Pan is long-term setter of the Quiptic, and he/she has produced here a well-constructed Quiptic with clear cluing that would perfectly suit improving solvers. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd … Read more >>
Independent 9,609 by Daedalus
An absorbing puzzle with an excellent variety of clues.
Guardian Cryptic 27,263 by Rufus
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27263.
Everyman 3,693
Sunday morning and time to blog the Everyman over the noise of screaming grandchildren.
Azed 2354
A plain Azed puzzle for us this time This was a fairly standard Azed puzzle with precise cluing. The format of the clues is rarely different from those you find … Read more >>