A Thursday workout from Alberich
Independent 9271 / Phi
Phi has given us an interesting puzzle today First look at the grid suggests it is a classic design for a message round the outside. However, Phi is only … Read more >>
Guardian 26,925 / Screw
Unless Screw has made a mistake re 2dn, this puzzle must have been compiled last year, or earlier, yet 1dn is currently very topical. I cannot see anything 7dn yet those expats living … Read more >>
Independent 9,270 by Monk
As usual a good crossword from Monk today. His mistake (I assume, using the authority of Google) in 18ac is perhaps a slight blemish but otherwise there is the usual range of nice clues, some of them setting me back for longer than I would like. But we can’t all be speed solvers, can we.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
Guardian Cryptic 26,924 by Nutmeg
The puzzlemay be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26924.
Financial Times 15,271 – Dante
Monday prize Crossword / Jun 20, 2016
In a Rufus-free Guardian week the ideal opportunity to still get a glimpse of our beloved setter.
Financial Times 15,270 by Cincinnus
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 18, 2016
Financial Times 15,279 by IO
For me Io is by far and away the most problematic of the FT setters. Here is another puzzle where I have filled the grid but can’t explain all of my answers. Thanks Io for an intriguing puzzle and it is a great shame that I have no more time to ferret out the remaining explanations. Any help would be appreciated.
Guardian 26,923 / Imogen
I found this reasonably straightforward, with just one unfamiliar word – all fairly clued, as usual from this setter, with some very nice surfaces. Thanks to Imogen. Across 1 Made neat, because tangled … Read more >>
Independent 9269 / Dac
Another well-crafted puzzle from Dac today. We’d never come across 4ac before but once we had a few crossing letters it fell into place. Across 1 Thinking comic has forgotten introduction (6) MUSING … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1443: To Tear Up by Chalicea
Preamble: Thirteen solutions must be entered in an unconventional way. Their clues provide a hint. The shortest preamble ever? It’s certainly a contender. Experience tells me that “in an unconventional way” means “backwards” … Read more >>
Independent 9,268 / Math
Today is Tuesday, so a themed puzzle of one sort or another is to be expected. And Math, a compiler with whose work I have hitherto had only a passing acquaintance, has not … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 26,922 by Bonxie
Very enjoyable – favourite was 26ac…
Financial Times 15,278 by HAMILTON
Solid cluing from Hamilton with some pleasing images in the surfaces.
Independent 9,267 by Punk
I found this extremely tough and almost ground to a halt completely a couple of times. But with some perseverence I managed to finish it.