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Solid Tuesday fun from the Falcon. All pretty straightforward, although I did get held up for a couple of minutes trying to …
Some good fun-packed clues from Tees. 21 and 16 stood out for me as excellent. ACROSS 9/10 GARDENING LEAVE Cruelly avenging leader …
Matilda gets a third outing as a cryptic setter today. I have never blogged (or indeed solved) a Matilda puzzle before (I …
Thanks Beale for an enjoyable Quiptic, made easier with the many anagrams. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Nothing fits …
MOO!… I believe this is the first MOO I’ve blogged. A very satisfying solve with a lot of very nice surfaces. 7d …
The puzzle can be found here. Hi everyone, I hope all is well with you. Thanks to Hypnos for today entertainment. …
Quite a tricky one this week I thought, with a lot of unfamiliar words in both answers and wordplay. Everything worked out …
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3852. This week we have paired clues aplenty: 1A OFF-THE-WALL and 26A ON THE SHELF; the …
A ‘gubernatorial’ feel to this puzzle, with three references to ‘presidents’, plus Mao, Merkel, Her Majesty and Charlie…and also some pop royalty with Tina Turner and Yoko…and all that just in the clues!
“Clues are normal and in conventional order; bars (which would not be symmetrical) must not be shown. Numbers given are answer lengths. Three cells each containing more than one letter must have each group replaced by a symbol. In the completed grid 20 cells containing two names and one letter showing a position in a sequence must be highlighted and three letters italicised; the centre cell is left empty. Solvers must empty six further cells which allow BAND TO reset, leaving real words. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
It’s always a real treat for me to solve and blog (particularly on a Saturday, when there’s more time to ponder over …
Thanks to Crucible for the themed puzzle. (I probably need correcting for one of the parsings.) Definitions are underlined in the clues. …
An intriguing challenge from an uncommon Friday setter. Thanks Goliath, for the treat! FF: 9 DD: 9 ACROSS 1, 5 SPIRIT OF …
As I’m used to saying, a thoroughly efficient and workmanlike crossword from Phi. In one or two cases there are marginal criticisms …
It’s been over six months since we last blogged a Monk puzzle – we were looking forward to this. We found this …