Independent On Sunday 1,236 – Kairos
Another Sunday, another Kairos puzzle for me. This one was considerably harder than the last, with a number of words that were …
Azed 2160
I found this mostly pretty easy, finishing it (so I thought) without aids in about half an hour, greatly helped by getting …
Everyman 3499/27 October
Another well-constructed, accessible puzzle from Everyman. A couple of clue types that this setter doesn’t often use in today’s offering. …
Guardian Genius 124 by Picaroon
The preamble, or ‘Special Instructions’, as the Genius calls them, tell us to resolve one clash in each across solution, working out …
Guardian Prize Puzzle 26,089 by Biggles
This is the first puzzle by Biggles for over two years, if the search facility on fifteen squared is to be trusted …
Enigmatic Variations No. 1092: Burnt Offering by Mynot
Hmmm…a ‘burnt offering’…not quite the 5th of November, so unlikely to be Guy Fawkes…the (reasonably brief) preamble tells us that in ‘most’ …
Independent 8435 by Anax (Saturday Prize Puzzle 26 October 2013)
Remember, remember, the 26th of October…unfortunately I wasn’t able to make it up to the Northern S&B get-together last weekend…but will Anax …
Independent 8,440 / Phi
My apologies for the late posting of this Friday’s offering from Phi – I have had baby-sitting duties today and thus very …
Financial Times No 14,459 by Peto
Pretty tricky in places particularly 15down and welcome comments on 24across Across 1 OUTBREAK rash OUT (at a …
Beelzebub 1234
Delightfully difficult Across 1 Aim? To be so exclusive? ONE IN A MILLION I (one) in A M …
Guardian Cryptic N° 26,084 by Pasquale
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26094. I found this not too difficult, which was a relief, as the end of daylight …
Now We Are Seven …
… (with apologies to A. A. Milne) Today is the seventh anniversary of the site’s inauguration. Since the first blog (Guardian 23,910 …