A smart, neat, enjoyable puzzle that didn’t cause me too many problems – with one exception.
Independent 8,827 / Morph
Morph is this week’s Thursday compiler and offers me my first Morph solve/blog of 2015. I found this puzzle a tough one …
Financial Times 14,832 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword/Jan 19 Fairly typical Dante puzzle with - rather unusual – one clue that seems sort of problematic to me (9ac). Definitions are …
Financial Times 14,831 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 17, 2015 This struck me as a fairly typical Mudd with a few stand-out …
Financial Times 14,840 by MONK
Another solid over from Monk, no loose balls at all. Didn’t get me out this time though, and I even managed to find the nina. Thanks Monk, great stuff.
Independent 8826 / Quixote
Quixote delivers well clued crosswords where the wordplay leaves you in little doubt whether your entry is correct or not. …
Guardian 26,480 by Chifonie
A quick, enjoyable solve with very tidy clueing throughout. Favourites 25ac and 1dn. Thanks, Chifonie.
Inquisitor 1369: Options by Samuel
Samuel is a prolific setter for many publications that feature barred crosswords and his crosswords usually have a quirky theme. I think …
Independent 8,825 by Eimi
A pleasant crossword from Eimi. Of course there are references to football and pop music, but I was expecting those. If there is a Nina I can’t see it; it all seems quite straightforward.
Definitions underlined where appropriate.
Guardian 26,479 – Brendan
A very welcome return by Brendan after an absence of more than six months. I thought this was going to be a …
Financial Times No. 14,839 by GURNEY
What’s not to like in a puzzle with good surface stories and unambiguous cryptic parsing?
Quiptic 793 by Pan
An extremely enjoyable challenge from Quiptic regular Pan.
Guardian 26,478 by Rufus
Well it’s Monday, it’s Rufus, it’s mostly easy. You knew that before coming here though.
Beelzebub 1,298
This one seemed quite hard at first, but things did fall into place steadily enough. Lots of nice long anagrams to work …