The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3577.
Beelzebub 1,312
Was it my imagination or was this week’s Beelzebub a little different in style to usual? I can’t quite put my finger …
Month: May 2015
Azed 2238
After my run of specials, it’s almost a relief to have “just” a Plain Azed to blog. I didn’t get off too …
Guardian Genius 142 by Crucible
The preamble for Genius 142, when you can work your way through the hotch-potch of ‘temporary’ (?) workarounds the Grauniad have built …
Independent on Sunday 1314/Kairos
Top puzzle, this one, imho. There’s one I can’t parse, though. Kairos has got the knack of what most folk …
S & B Cambridge – puzzle by Neil
One more blog from last Saturday’s S&B: Neil @ Cambridge. A crossword that’s themed but not around the Cambridge event.
Independent 8,901 by Nimrod (Saturday Prize Puzzle, 25/04/15)
As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, Nimrod is something of a long-term nemesis of mine, having regularly made my life difficult back …
Guardian Prize 26,555 / Picaroon
Quite a few people in Cambridge last Saturday had done this puzzle on the way to the S and B and were …
Enigmatic Variations 1170 Fallen by Nudd
How careless of the type setter – 17 clues have words from their definition in the next clue. Five clues both lose …
Independent 8,906 by Phi
As usual an enjoyable and sound crossword from Dac Phi (my apologies for calling Phi Dac — I have a suspicion that this isn’t the first time I’ve done this. Well they do both have three letters in their name. I must cure my Dac-obsession.). I found it a bit tricky in places, but once a clue had been solved, there seemed to be no reason for the difficulty. Many of these answers are so neat that they can be explained in a single short expression.
Guardian 26,560 – Crucible
I got off to a quick start in the NW corner, but then slowed down somewhat, even with the help of the …
Financial Times 14,919 by WANDERER
A brilliant and superb puzzle from Wanderer today. I really enjoyed solving this every minute of the way, and while there are still a couple of clues that I need help parsing with, doesnt take anything away from the really nice afterglow of a good solve. Thanks Wanderer for an absolute treat today. There is a mini-theme around Russia / Russians but a quick googling didnt turn up anything significant related to today’s date – anybody with any ideas here?