Monday Prize Crossword / Oct 5, 2015
Good crossword from Mudd, enjoyable as ever (despite an annoying typo in 1ac).
Independent 9,048 / Dac
Today saw my monthly encounter with Dac, who is occupying his customary Wednesday slot. For me, this was towards the easy end of the Dac spectrum, and I made swift progress through the … Read more >>
Financial Times 15061 by REDSHANK
Very nice – a challenge rather than a struggle if you know what I mean. Thanks Redshank.
Guardian Cryptic 26702 by Bonxie
Bonxie returns for the third time this year after a rather barren couple of years.
Inquisitor 1406: Mysterious Ending by Shark
Shark’s last offering in the series was number 1370, yielding a picture of a hand, which I much enjoyed, so I had high hopes for this one. I remember that we found the clues … Read more >>
Guardian 26,701 / Chifonie
A straightforward puzzle from Chifonie, with elegant cluing and surfaces throughout and some inventive definitions. Thank you, Chifonie – I enjoyed it. Across 1 Declared a vicar initially made a mistake (7) AVERRED … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,060 by NEO
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 >>