A eulogy from Tom Johnson (Maskarade, Gozo):
In memoriam Gordon Holt, Otterden
Independent 9,210 / Knut
It is Knut who is providing our cruciverbal workout this morning, a compiler whose puzzles I get to solve and blog only occasionally. And full marks to Knut and his editor for topicality! … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,220 by ORENSE
At least I didn’t have to wait for this one…
Financial Times 15,211 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword / Apr 11, 2016
As expected, another Dante to start off another FT week.
Financial Times 15,210 by Rosa Klebb
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 10, 2016 Ah joy! Another Rosa. My clue of the week is 19d (HERALDRY) which is one of the more difficult clues and one with … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,218 by CRUX
Had to wait for this…
Guardian 26,863 / Paul
My thanks to Gaufrid for standing in for me last week, while I was having a great time walking in North Mallorca. An enjoyable puzzle from Paul, with a perhaps slightly obscure theme … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,219 by AARDVARK
A good puzzle from Aardvark, I think. I crashed my bike yesterday evening and everything is still a bit hazy, I think I might still be a little concussed. I also have to type one handed as I can’t move my right arm much. Off to see the doctor now so no idea when I’ll be back.
Independent 9209 / Dac
Dac treats us to a trademark puzzle today The surfaces of the clues are very smooth, some of the definitions are well hidden and the entries are all common words … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1433: Underline and Highlight by Ifor
A challenging puzzle from Ifor this week with an interesting twist to the clues. The preamble told us that "The puzzle depicts something that did not happen today, despite a … Read more >>
Independent 9,208 by Hieroglyph
This was kind. As Richard Osman says on Pointless, it fell into my lap and I had no difficulty with any of the across clues, and I much enjoyed this gentle but pleasant puzzle from Hieroglyph. When I saw that they all referred to 1D it was clear that solving that clue was going to be important. Fortunately it was easily solvable and everything went in easily thereafter, far more so than it did yesterday in what then seemed to me a rather tricky offering. And there I was, thinking that Tuesdays were more difficult than Mondays.
My apologies for the lack of links: if I’d been really keen I’d have linked to something by each of the 1Ds, but I have recently moved to Firefox and haven’t yet become comfortable with the moving between tabs — previous sites I’ve visited are sometimes up there at the top, sometimes not, and I’m terrified that if I move away I’ll never get back. Actually there is an apology from Firefox up there in a tab at the top telling me that they are having trouble recovering my windows and tabs.
All the definitions in the down clues are underlined. There wouldn’t have been much point in giving the definitions for the acrosses because they are all 1Ds.
Guardian Cryptic 26,862 by Philistine
Many favourites, including 10ac, 24ac and 10dn. Thanks, Philistine.
Quiptic 857 by Provis
A very enjoyable puzzle from Provis. Some entertaining surface readings and just the right amount of head-scratching for a Monday morning, I thought.
Independent 9207/Lohengrin
Lohengrin has established himself as an Indy setter now: his first puzzle was in August last year, and he’s had a more or less monthly puzzle since. He’s had to put up with … Read more >>
Guardian 26,861 – Rufus
A typical Rufus, with plenty of cryptic and double definitions – 5 of each. For variety there are also 5 pure anagrams and 5 clues of the form “A in B”. Thanks to … Read more >>