A tribute to an American poet from Chalmie.
Financial Times 15,591 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword / Jul 3, 2017
Dante in a very friendly mood, in my opinion.
Not that many cryptic definitions this time.
Financial Times 15,590 by Gaff
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 1, 2017
Financial Times 15,599 / Julius
I don’t know what’s happened to PeeDee today, but something has prevented him from being with us, so here is a quick analysis of the clues. With 1ac and 1dn being my first … Read more >>
Independent 9593 / Tees
Tees fills the Wednesday slot this week. Tees has forsaken his usual classical and mythological path today and homed in on a more modern theme that fits with my childhood. The … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,247 by Philistine
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27247.
Inquisitor 1497: Solidarity by Chalicea
Chalicea starts off by giving us a pleasantly short preamble. Let’s see whether that lulls us into a false sense of security. This preamble stated "The unclued lights give a … Read more >>
Independent 9,592 by Vigo
Vigo has always been marginally difficult: not horribly so, but significantly. This crossword I found almost as easy as anything the Independent ever produces, and amazingly so for a Tuesday, which is usually one of the harder days. Not that that is a bad thing: it’s a positive on blogging day, and in any case the crossword itself was a good one: simple clues, but all sound and enjoyable. My only carp is with the use (twice, I think) of ‘with’ as a link-word, something that I find almost impossible to justify on logical grounds, although I have seen people who know rather more about these things than I do making a case for it.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
Guardian 27,246 / Shed
A rare and welcome appearance from Shed, who has always been one of my favourites. I think it’s generally agreed here that Shed’s puzzles are much gentler than they used to be but, … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,598 by ARMONIE
Good puzzle. A notch up from Tuesday’s normal degree-of-difficulty and welcome for that.
Quiptic 921 by Hectence
Hectence takes her turn in the Quiptic slot this week.
Independent 9,591 by Serpent
A good puzzle with some ingenious clues.
Guardian Cryptic 27,245 by Pan
I think this is Pan’s first Monday Cryptic, after many Monday Quiptics and a few other Cryptics. Lots to like, including 12ac, 8dn, 22dn and 27dn – and my last in was 21ac which was guessed but very gettable. Thanks, Pan.
Cyclops 602 – Neer-do-well Tory
A higher-than-average(?) number of anagrams (full, or partial) and some nicely-surfaced double definitions in this fortnight’s Cyclops, with ‘Strong’ and ‘Stable’ making appearances in a clue, after being an answer last time round… Some … Read more >>
S & B Macclesfield – puzzle by Alan
Alan (a Fifteensquared regular but then with a B added to his name) created a Jumbo for the occasion: Alan @ Macclesfield 2017
You weren’t there, you said? Well, you can still give it a go – before looking any further at what comes next in this post.