Monday Prize Crossword / Oct 12, 2015
Dante on a Monday. Nothing new under the sun. That said, there weren’t that many cryptic definitions this time.
Financial Times 15,058 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 10, 2015
Financial Times 15067 by AARDVARK
Just assume that nothing in there means what you think it does and you should have no problems… thanks Aardvark!
Independent 9054 / Dac
It’s Wednesday, it’s a Dac. All is well with the world. No unusual words, no theme, no awkward grid just smooth surfaces and precise clueing. We imagine that a lot of people out … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 26708 by Picaroon
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26708.
Inquisitor 1407: Polished Off by Chalicea
Preamble: Fourteen solutions must be thematically adjusted before entry. Solvers must highlight a statement expressing a character’s confidence that the adjustment would be performed for him, and his name. Only real words appear … Read more >>
Independent 9,053 / Crosophile
Crosophile’s latest puzzle fills the Tuesday slot this week. I found this a very accessible, but nonetheless highly entertaining, puzzle. I didn’t take me too long to solve it, but there were plenty … Read more >>
Financial Times 15066 by JASON
A slow burner that I eventually enjoyed
Guardian 26,707 / Tramp
I’ve just discovered that this is the first Tramp puzzle I’ve blogged this year, which seems hard to believe. And it’s not really a typical one – no theme, as far as I … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 831 Hectence
Thanks Hectence for a Quiptic that fits the bill. Definitions are underlined in the clues. (Sorry for the delay.) Across 8 I am about to eat a corn-ground pasta (8) MACARONI : Reversal of(… … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 26706 by Rufus
A bit trickier than usual from Rufus, and a nice start to the week. A few swindles in the clues had me looking for any further connections, but I’m yet to think of any. Favourites 25ac, 5dn, 7dn, and 21dn.
Beelzebub 1,336
Crikey. If anyone has been thinking Beelzebub has been getting easier recently they were in for a shock today. Or at least, I was. You probably breezed through it, but after a reasonably … Read more >>
Azed 2262 – oops!
By the “breakfast test” this counted as quite easy on the Azed spectrum, even though in retrospect it seems to have quite a high proportion of unfamiliar words. Unusually, there are only 34 … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1338/Daedalus
This is Daedalus’ fourth appearance in the IoS/Indy, and the third one of those that has fallen to me to cover. He’s no doubt getting fed up with that, because I wasn’t a … Read more >>