The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26110.
Guardian Prize Puzzle 26,107 by Araucaria
A worthy prize puzzle that took some work to get to the bottom of. A real pleasure to solve and to blog. …
Month: November 2013
Financial Times 14,477 by Gaff
‘Alternative anniversaries’ preceded this puzzle which I have failed to fully explain – over to you out there to fill in the …
Independent 8458 / Phi
Phi has filled his regular Friday slot with a very enjoyable puzzle. Today is the 100th anniversary of the …
Guardian 26,112 – Tramp
A welcome return by Tramp after a couple of months’ absence. It isn’t giving anything away to say that the clues are …
Financial Times no.14,476 by Sleuth
I worked my way through this while listening to the Test Match in the wee small hours, so perhaps I didn’t quite …
Independent 8,457 by Nestor
Once I must have had a bad experience with Nestor, because his crosswords always fill me with fear before I start, yet …
Guardian Cryptic 26111 Pasquale
I found this hardgoing; a question of not being on the setter’s wavelength, I think; but managed to finally sort it out. …
Financial Times 14,467 – Crux
Monday Prize Crossword/Nov 11 Just like last week for me a puzzle with two halves. The left hand side went in rather …
Financial Times 14,466 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 9, 2013 This was another moderately easy and very satisfying Mudd. My top clues …
Sloggers, betters and other cruciverbalists’ centenary convention
To commemorate the centenary of the crossword, we really should have a proper get-together for all the regulars, be they high-profile or …
Financial Times 14,475 by AARDVARK
I enjoyed this, varied and interesting – Aardvark rarely disappoints. A good level of difficulty too. Thank you Aardvark. Across 1 CASTLES …
Independent 8456 / Dac
Another excellently crafted puzzle from Dac today. As usual, the surface readings are all good. We’d never come across the solution …
Inquisitor 1307: Storm Front by Jambazi
Preamble: Sixteen cells in the completed grid, forming three interconnected straight lines, spell out a work (without its definite articles) and its …
Financial Times 14474 Jason
An enjoyable and mainly straightforward crossword – just a little delayed by 24down – got the answer from the wordplay, but …