Monday Prize Crossword / Nov 23, 2015
A pleasant crossword from Falcon in his over-familiar style.
Financial Times 15,094 by Gaff
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 21, 2015
Financial Times 15103 by REDSHANK
Another really super puzzle from Redhsank, and quite tricky too. Thank you Redshank.
Guardian 26,744 / Pasquale
I’ll admit to not being a huge fan of Pasquale’s puzzles and I found this one a rather 14, 10 across, I’m afraid. For once, there were no words that I’d never heard … Read more >>
Independent 9090 / Dac
I don’t think there is anything to frighten the horses in this standard crossword puzzle by Dac After last week’s challenging Tyrus I find myself in the calmer waters of … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1413: Seedy by Artix
This seems to be the first puzzle by Artix in the Inquisitor series so I didn’t know what to expect. The preamble was quite long. It told us that seven … Read more >>
Independent 9089 by Hob
All very nice. Good clues and nothing that seems to me to be all that much of a problem (although see below for my discomfort over 8ac and 26ac). I enjoyed this and although it wasn’t perfectly simple — is it ever perfectly simple on a Tuesday? — everything was easily enough explained after the event.
Guardian Cryptic 26743 by Bonxie
Wasn’t at all on the right wavelength for this at first, but once I got going it all seemed to fall into place. I particularly liked 14ac, 18ac, 1dn, 7dn and 8dn.
Financial Times 15102 by DANTE
One for lovers of double definitions…
Independent 9088 by Lohengrin
* = anagram [] = removed A(mpere) = abbreviation I found this to be quite difficult, even though none of the clues individually seem particularly difficult. There were some quite off-centre word associations … Read more >>
Quiptic 837 by Pan
An enjoyable dip into the cryptic waters from quiptic regular Pan. Very nicely pitched, I think, for beginners and those (like me this morning) in a hurry.
Guardian 26,742 – Rufus
A very quick solve for me, helped by the generous number of anagrams, and a corresponding reduction in the usual cryptic and double defnitions. Tbanks to Rufus. … Read more >>
Everyman 3607
Not much variety in the cluing this morning, but a sound enough puzzle from Everyman. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,342
Well I never, it’s amazing what being stuck on train with nothing else to concentrate on can do. This was my first unaided finish in quite some time, though I’ll admit there were … Read more >>
Azed 2268
Mostly fairly easy on the Azed scale, though I struggled with the intersecting 4-letter words at 27d and 32a, which had rather unhelpful checked letters (?OA? and ?A?E), and quite tricky clues. Thanks … Read more >>