The online version was a bit delayed today but it’s up now.
Inquisitor 1372: After the Main Event by Nudd
Haven’t seen a puzzle from Nudd in quite a while – none in 2014. Preamble: Wordplay in thirty-six clues serves up …
Guardian 26,497 / Brendan
It’s very good to see a Brendan puzzle again, relatively soon after his welcome return. As I solved this, I felt that …
Independent 8843 / Hob
Firstly, many thanks to Gaufrid, who has been standing in for us while we were away. Hob definitely gave us the run-around …
Financial Times 14857 Armonie
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Financial Times 14857 with Picture Quiz
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) A straightforward puzzle, …
Guardian Quiptic 796/Orlando
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: Orlando’s got the hang of this Quiptic stuff. A delightful little puzzle to …
Cyclops 540 — A load of Balls
Sorry for lateness again, folks — we didn’t realise quite how time-consuming and disruptive to work a puppy can be. A Cyclops …
Guardian 26,496 by Rufus
Pleasant Monday fun from Rufus – favourites were 13ac, 3dn and 5dn.
Independent on Sunday 1,303 by Poins
As always, a quality crossword from Poins, who must be thoroughly bored of me by now. Some quite challenging stuff in there …
Beelzebub 1301
This one took me a little longer than usual though progress was always steady apart from a slight hold-up towards the end …
AZED 2,227
As usual everything (with the possible exception of 25dn) is quite simple but very complicated since the words are so difficult. Hence many of these clues can be explained in one short statement.
Definitions underlined
Independent 8835 (Sat 7th Feb 2015) Jambazi
Jambazi (a.k.a. Tramp) is one of my favourite setters and one I’d like to see more of in both the Indy and …
Enigmatic Variations No.1159 – Offerings by Samson
I’m fond of these perimeter-quotation puzzles, although they can make things a little tricky if you can’t get a toe-hold in the centre of the puzzle. However, it’s not clear how much if any of the quotation will survive the dramatic cull proposed in the preamble (we are to delete almost three quarters of the grid once it’s been filled in).