It’s Sunday and my shift at the Everyman wheel.
Independent 8890 by Monk
*=anagram [] = removed e.g. char[m]=char ()=abbreviation e.g. A(mpere)=a Hom. = homophone I finished most of this quite quickly but then took …
Month: April 2015
Cyclops 544: Who is Silvio?
A very straightforward Cyclops for me — an easy solve, with no clue holding me up for long. I’ve been writing the …
Independent on Sunday 1,311 by Poins
The usual high quality, enjoyable puzzle from Poins, if perhaps a little tougher than some, at least for me. The crossing 11 …
Beelzebub 1309
I thought I was going to be in for another early finish when the NW, followed by the SW, quadrants went in …
Azed 2235
Given that this puzzle was published on Easter Sunday I was expecting an Azed special, so I was slightly surprised to see …
Independent 8883 by Tees (Saturday Prize Puzzle 4 April 2015)
An interesting mental tussle with Tees – with a variety of cultural references, from a South African golfer to Dante, via the slopes …
Enigmatic Variations No.1167 – Warning by Samuel
A somewhat unusual set-up: across clues are given in pairs, and the method of entry for four across rows is thematic (whatever that might turn out to mean), with no definition given. Another row is unclued, and must be filled with ‘the reason for the WARNING’. The down clues, meanwhile, are not idle – extra letters from their solutions give ‘the subject of the WARNING’.
Guardian Easter Prize Puzzle 26,537 by Maskarade
A real treat to solve and to blog. Thank you Maskarade.
Independent 8888 / Phi
There was one entry I haven’t come across before, but otherwise everything else covered reasonably common words or phrases. …
Financial Times 14,901 by MAGWITCH
A gentle saunter of a grid today from Magwitch. Simple, inambiguous cluing for most part, ruffled ever so slightly by 8dn. Thanks to Magwitch for this Friday treat.
Guardian 26,542 by Tramp
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26542.
Independent 8,887 by Radian
A very nice Radian puzzle of I think a nice level of difficulty. I say ‘I think’ because I only have an impression, my actual time not meaning much. At the moment I have a strange pain in my right thumb when I try to write, which forces me to write left-handed, which is wonderful, like being a small child again, but incredibly slow, and when I have to write the letters down to get an anagram it takes ages.
Guardian 26,541 / Philistine
I am sure that some of you will have been expecting to see Eileen here today but unfortunately she has broken her …
Financial Times 14,900 by BRADMAN
Today we learned that an indris is a long-tailed lemur from Madagascar. It was a fun and straightforward crossword, with some neat clues and references to a couple of heroes. Thanks, Mr B.