The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3505.
Azed 2166
As Don Manley pointed out in a comment on Nick’s blog last week, Azed’s sound clueing often means that you can often …
Independent on Sunday 1242/Poins
Poins must be getting fed up with landing me as the blogger for his Sunday puzzles. We seem to have been bumping …
Guardian Prize 26,125 / Brummie
I found this generally pretty straightforward for a Prize puzzle, the only problems arising through my own stupid obstinacy. There are quite …
Independent Crossword 8471 by Tyrus (Saturday prize puzzle 07-12-2013)
A second consecutive Tyrus blog for me Certainly up to his usual high standard. The 14/16 double being the most elegant clue …
Beelzebub 1,240
It’s in rather sombre circumstances that I return to blogging the even-numbered Beelzebubs, our other blogger Jed having sadly passed away recently. …
Independent 8,476 by Phi
A typically pleasant crossword from Phi on a Friday. There is no doubt some subtle Nina, but, as usual with me and …
Guardian 26,130 / Puck
Friday the thirteenth but nothing sinister in this basket of fruit [nothing given away, I think – like Brendan’s ‘sense’, on Monday, …
Financial Times 14,495 by MAGWITCH
An interesting one from Magwitch this, with a fair share of anagrams, which I quite like as they help me get started …
Enigmatic Variations No 1098 Find and replace by Poat
A new setter for me to blog, but not a new setter. Poat’s puzzles tends to lie at the harder end of …
Guardian 26,129 by Boatman
Found this very tricky, but lots of fun with a spooky theme. Favourites were 23a, 26a and 16d. Still not sure how …
Financial Times no.14,494 by Hamilton
I really enjoyed this offering from Hamilton, even though it wasn’t the tightest or most tidily-clued puzzle I’ve ever seen (it had …
Independent 8475 / Punk
When we saw that it is Punk today, we knew we were in for an enjoyable challenge – and we weren’t disappointed. We …
Financial Times 14,485 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword/Dec 2 Solvers often say that Dante’s crosswords are full of cryptic and double definitions. Well, here is a clear …
Guardian 26,128 – Picaroon
This was one of those puzzles where I got almost nothing on my first pass through, but then everything suddenly started falling …