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Independent 8888 / Phi
There was one entry I haven’t come across before, but otherwise everything else covered reasonably common words or phrases. …
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.
Financial Times 14,899 by Gozo
Another super puzzle from Gozo, interesting all the way through. Thank you Gozo.
Financial Times 14,898 by ARMONIE
A gentle Tuesday morning
Genius 141 / Vlad
The preamble told us that in 11 clues the wordplay produces a letter surplus to the solution. In order, these 11 letters …
Independent 8,882 by Phi
Every Friday we have the same thing, a very satisfactory and pleasant crossword from Phi, with few if any points of controversy. Initially, when I saw the answer ‘raindrop’ I thought Phi was balancing out all those rock music Ninas we so often have, by having nicknames of pieces of music, possibly just by Chopin, but either he is, and I am ignorant, or this was a false lead.
As usual with Phi for some reason, I was slow to start but then made steady progress.
Financial Times 14,895 by ARTEXLEN
We had a couple of quibbles (which we shall probably find are down to us missing the point rather than any deficiency in the crossword) but overall we enjoyed this.
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Financial Times 14,894 by Io
This is a tricky puzzle that I can’t quite finish. I think Io has made a fool out me again!
Inquisitor 1378: Tipster by Charybdis
An alphabetical jigsaw this week from Charybdis, and a very good one too! An amazing grid construction. The rubric read: Answers fit in …
Financial Times 14,893 / Jason
My apologies for the late appearance of this post, I don’t know what has prevented the scheduled blogger from turning up. To …
Independent 8879 / Scorpion
I enjoyed this puzzle by Scorpion. It made me think outside the box a bit. The vocabulary in the …