I enjoyed this, interesting and varied all the way through. Thank you Aardark.
Guardian Cryptic 27,121 by Nutmeg
There were some tough clues in this one, alongside a handgul of gimmes…
Inquisitor 1476: Contest by Lavatch
A first Inquisitor puzzle from Lavatch, but he’s set plenty elsewhere. Preamble: Clues are listed in normal order; unclued answers are of a kind. Solvers must construct the grid, which has 180° … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,473 by IO
‘Sweet Nothings’. A Valentine swine of a grid from IO. Brilliant puzzle but out of my league for a daily. Read on…
Today’s FT – Io
A post covering this puzzle will appear in due course. The scheduled blogger had to go out to a hospital appointment before he was able to finish his solve (well, it was a little … Read more >>
Independent 9466 / Knut
An ‘interesting’ theme for Knut’s Valentine’s day puzzle. Is he a fan of ’50 Shades of Grey’? Or is he just trying to punish us? There are several references to corporal punishment in … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,120 by Screw
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27120.
Guardian 27,119 / Chifonie
My third Chifonie puzzle to blog in a row, so I’m running out of things to say. Another ‘characteristic medley of charades, anagrams and double definitions’ but with a couple of examples [12ac … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 900/Hectence
A nicely-judged Quiptic from Hectence, I thought. There were a few that were difficult to parse, though. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator … Read more >>
Independent 9,465 by Dutch
Top-notch stuff from Dutch. There was a good balance of clues and some had excellent surface readings.
Independent on Sunday 1,407 by Peter
Lots and lots of charades in here, but they are all good ones so that’s OK! Thank you Peter.
Azed 2330 – Rescheduled
Because the closing date for entries has been extended by a week, the blog for this puzzle has been rescheduled and will now appear next Sunday (19th Feb).
Everyman 3,669
Well it’s the Everyman, and this time it’s my turn to blog.
Guardian Prize 27,112 by Brendan
Super puzzle. I found this was made tricky by the definitions, not always the obvious ones I was looking for. Thanks Brendan.
Independent 9464 (Sat 11-Feb 2017) Nestor
This was a puzzle where the “All Reversed” method was used in the wordplay many more times than usual. Not that I noticed till writing the blog. I’m certainly happy to see Nestor’s … Read more >>