The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3505.
Inquisitor 1312: Shortfall by Phi
It’s a while since I blogged one of Phi‘s puzzles. And before I start, let me wish everyone a happy festive season …
Month: December 2013
Guardian 26,132 / Rufus
A typical Rufus medley of some nice anagrams, together with the usual sprinkling of double definitions, some of which I thought were …
Independent 8478 by Quixote
*=anagram [] = removed e.g. char[m]=char ()=abbreviation e.g. A(mpere)=a Hom. = homophone I breezed through most of this but then got stuck …
Guardian Quiptic 735 by Hectence
You don’t usually see me in these parts but scchua is away travelling so I am standing in for him. I found …
Azed 2166
As Don Manley pointed out in a comment on Nick’s blog last week, Azed’s sound clueing often means that you can often …
Independent on Sunday 1242/Poins
Poins must be getting fed up with landing me as the blogger for his Sunday puzzles. We seem to have been bumping …
Guardian Prize 26,125 / Brummie
I found this generally pretty straightforward for a Prize puzzle, the only problems arising through my own stupid obstinacy. There are quite …
Independent Crossword 8471 by Tyrus (Saturday prize puzzle 07-12-2013)
A second consecutive Tyrus blog for me Certainly up to his usual high standard. The 14/16 double being the most elegant clue …
Beelzebub 1,240
It’s in rather sombre circumstances that I return to blogging the even-numbered Beelzebubs, our other blogger Jed having sadly passed away recently. …
Independent 8,476 by Phi
A typically pleasant crossword from Phi on a Friday. There is no doubt some subtle Nina, but, as usual with me and …
Guardian 26,130 / Puck
Friday the thirteenth but nothing sinister in this basket of fruit [nothing given away, I think – like Brendan’s ‘sense’, on Monday, …
Financial Times 14,495 by MAGWITCH
An interesting one from Magwitch this, with a fair share of anagrams, which I quite like as they help me get started …
Enigmatic Variations No 1098 Find and replace by Poat
A new setter for me to blog, but not a new setter. Poat’s puzzles tends to lie at the harder end of …
Guardian 26,129 by Boatman
Found this very tricky, but lots of fun with a spooky theme. Favourites were 23a, 26a and 16d. Still not sure how …