A test area for 15squared
A Tuesday treat from one of my top favourite setters, brimming with a variety of the usual top-quality clues with great surfaces. …
Good fun from Rufus – I was more on his wavelength for the cryptic defs than usual. Favourite was 5dn.
A plain, unthemed (unless I’ve missed something) prize puzzle from Paul this week.
Lots of fun and cleverness today – I enjoyed the neatness of e.g. 7dn, 14dn and my favourite 18dn more than the write in, parse quite a bit later 26ac and 1dn. Thanks to Boatman.
I thought I was in a for an easy ride when the first two acrosses were write-ins; things slowed down after that, …
A somewhat tricky Pasquale, he does like his obscure words doesn’t he?
The puzzle may be found athttp://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26521.
A change from Rufus on a Monday but a similar mix of anagrams and charades – no cryptic definitions, though, which will …
A fine puzzle from Philistine. My summary is: lots of great clues showing plenty of imagination but NOT appearing gimmicky. Spot on! Thanks Philistine.
It’s been a most remarkable week for crosswords and we end it with one by another of my favourite setters, sparkling with …
Plenty to like here…
Another week, another new setter. Actually Vlad has appeared a couple of times as the setter of the Genius puzzle (including the …
Picaroon for me again, a bit wearing in places though.
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26514.
This was one of those puzzles which, at first glance, with all the cross-references, cause the heart to sink a little and, …