A test area for 15squared
I am sure that some of you will have been expecting to see Eileen here today but unfortunately she has broken her …
Lots to like here, with excellent surfaces and cleverly disguised definitions. Favourites were 10ac, 24ac and 3dn.
Good fun as always from Paul, with a mini-theme around the two long answers. I got both of these early on, from …
Monday morning and of course it’s Rufus, oh hang on it’s not.
I know that Otterden has plenty of admirers here but regular readers will know that he does not feature in my long …
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The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26535.
In view of the date, I was prepared for perhaps a Qaotic or Puckish puzzle but instead found a potentially daunting ‘new’ …
Lovely stuff from Paul, and a couple of new words that went in confidently enough at the end. Favourite 19dn.
I found this a little harder than usual for Rufus, getting a bit stuck towards the end in the SE corner, perhaps …
It looks as if, the way these things turn out, this is the first of Arachne’s puzzles that I’ve written the blog …
An enjoyable and reasonably straightforward puzzle, though I made things harder for myself by careless entering a couple of vaguely-plausible but wrong …
An enjoyable one from Nutmeg, and a pangram no less. Thanks to Nutmeg. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Model soldier …
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26528.
A Tuesday treat from one of my top favourite setters, brimming with a variety of the usual top-quality clues with great surfaces. …