Topical fare from NEO
Independent 9047 / Hieroglyph
After the themeless crossword from Dac I blogged last Wednesday, this crossword from Hieroglyph fairly obviously has a theme The theme is one that will appeal to some solvers, but … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 830/Anto
This is Anto’s fourth Quiptic. I have blogged two of the previous three, and I really hope that one of our other Quiptic bloggers gets the next one, because I really can’t find … Read more >>
Independent 9046/Lohengrin
This is Lohengrin’s first appearance in the Indy; he has had one puzzle published in the Independent on Sunday, which it also fell to me to blog. I found this a bit clunky, … Read more >>
Guardian 26,700 by Rufus
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26700.
Private Eye / Cyclops 557 – Etonian Lenin
Cyclops is on a run of quite tough Eye crosswords lately. This is another that took me a fair while to solve. I had more than half the grid filled on the first pass, … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1335
I enjoyed this one, my only gripe being that it was over far too quickly. One thing that struck me, particularly whilst writing this post, was the smoothness and relevance of some of the … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1337 Hypnos
(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) Thanks Hypnos for an enjoyable, the … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1337 with Picture Quiz
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) Thanks Hypnos for an enjoyable, the last few bits giving a bit of pause. … Read more >>
AZED 2,261
There were several hidden word clues in here and one or two straightforward anagrams. These got me off to a flying start but once the the ‘gifts’ had petered out I stuggled. Quite hard I thought. Thanks Azed.
Independent Crossword 9039 by Nimrod (03-10-2015)
For consecutive blogs – a tussle with Nimrod for me! An for consecutive blogs a tribute to a recently departed comic actor. Again the clues and grid are littered with references to the … Read more >>
Guardian 26,693 / Picaroon
A good test from Picaroon, we thought – probably a bit above average in difficulty, particularly for a few obscurities. The three that were new to us were LEMAN, OERSTED and AVESTAN, but … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 1193: Misnomer by Kcit
I stand to be corrected, but I think this is Kcit’s 50th Enigmatic Variations crossword, the first being no. 29, Layettes back in 1993. That’s some feat, especially since, under his other pseudonym, … Read more >>
Guardian 26,698 / Paul
Eileen is still without internet access so I get a chance to cover a Guardian cryptic for a change. Not too many hold-ups once I realised that 28ac wasn’t ‘turning’ but I was … Read more >>