Private Eye / Cyclops 507 – Turn for Good
I thought I would set a new PB for solving this, … … I was whipping through it at a rate of …
Month: November 2013
Beelzebub 1,235
A fairly tough week, I think, judging by the amount of cheating I had to do towards the end. 3dn still evades …
AZED 2,161
The usual very pleasant workout from Azed. I always find that I make steady progress and then reach an impasse, when I …
Everyman 3500/3 November
A special edition puzzle from Everyman this week. Lorraine wasn’t able to blog this one, so you’ll have to put up …
Independent on Sunday 1237 eXternal
No relaxed Sunday with this puzzle – I needed more than one sitting to complete it. Some clever misdirections and definitions. Thanks …
Enigmatic Variations : Phenytoins by Ifor
This week it’s another chance to blog one of my favourite setters. Here, we had to change the appearance of ten answers …
Independent Crossword 8441 by Tyrus (Saturday prize puzzle 02-11-2013)
Another duel with Tyrus – guaranteed a smile or two with his witty clues. And as I expected full of fun and …
Guardian 26,095 / Philistine
A satisfying prize puzzle from Philistine, with a nice theme that I won’t reveal until the next paragraph … The theme was …
Guardian 26,100 / Brendan
I’m wondering if this was intended to be one of those Brendan puzzles we occasionally get on a Monday. It was certainly …
Financial Times 14,465 by Magwitch
Straightforward and enjoyable Across 1 WITHDRAWAL leaving WITH (as a result) D (daughter) RAW (rough) AL (boy) 7 …
Independent 8446 / Phi
It’s Phiday again! We always look forward to blogging Phi’s Friday offerings, but unfortunately we didn’t enjoy this one as much as …
Independent 8,445 / Tees
The Thursday slot is shared by a range of compilers, so you never quite know who you will be doing battle with. …
Financial Times no.14,464 by Sayang
The fates – or anyway the FT – smiled on me today: I was late getting started, but the crossword was a …
Guardian 26,099 by Paul
Relatively easy, but beautifully clued from Paul. I particularly liked 1ac, 11ac, 21ac, 27ac and 15dn. Across 1 Delivery man at the …
Financial Times 14,455 – Crux
Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 28 Enjoyable crossword from Crux who gives us a great range of surfaces, from semi-nudity and ‘topless’ (twice) to …