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A lovely surprise for a wet morning – Arachne in sparkling form with a puzzle brimming with natty devices, witty topical references and stunning story-telling surfaces, along with well-disguised definitions providing many a … Read more >>
Another puzzle from Dac today with the usual high quality surfaces in the clues Unusually for Dac there was something hinting at a theme today. Either that or Dac has … Read more >>
Samuel ventures out from his home turf of the Telegraph Enigmatic Variations to offer a puzzle in the Inquisitor series this week. The preamble told us that all but … Read more >>
A fairly straightforward offering from Neo, with an appropriate, overtly financial theme.
A pleasant and accessible crossword from Hob. Apart from one or two little things that I don’t quite understand, all seems to be fairly straightforward.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26886.
Anto’s turn in the Quiptic slot this week.
Lots of fun, and I learned a few things along the way. Favourites 11ac, 22ac, and 8dn. Thanks, Rufus
I had a couple of minor quibbles on this but overall it was nice puzzle with a reasonable range of clues from fairly easy starters to more demanding fare.
This puzzle seems to have a higher-than-usual proportion of unfamiliar words, in both answers and wordplay, which probably explains why I found it quite hard. But soundly clued as always, and satisfying to … Read more >>
Another good puzzle from Everyman for our Sunday morning entertainment (or Saturday morning for our NZ contributors). Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram … Read more >>
Slightly harder than the average IoS, I think. Thanks to Hypnos. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Economise with small car mostly (4) SLIM : S(abbrev. for “small”) + “limo”(short for … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) Slightly harder than the average IoS, I think. Thanks to Hypnos. Definitions are underlined in … Read more >>
I think that this is the first time that Screw has featured in the prize slot, so it’s the first time that I have had the pleasure of blogging one of his puzzles.
A good tough Saturday workout from Tyrus this week. There’s a fairly overt theme there, with plenty of references to the press, newspapers etc. Which I suppose could be seen as fairly ironic, … Read more >>