Guardian Cryptic 28,209 by Brummie
Thanks to Brummie for a fun puzzle – tricky in parts and with a slightly unhelpful grid… …but the fairly obvious chemistry …
Financial Times 16,552 by GURNEY
A satisfying Tuesday puzzle with some head-scratching parses and a couple of smiles, Done and dusted in two-and-a-half passes but none the …
Independent 10555 / Wire
Wire provides the challenge today There were a lot of secret agent references in the clues and entries with …
Guardian Quiptic 1,082/Hectence
Hectence is a long-serving Quiptic setter and always produces a puzzle that I want to recommend to beginners. I’m sure some of …
Financial Times 16,551 by ZAMORCA
A very enjoyable pangram from Zamorca this morning. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle – lots of witty surfaces and misdirections that kept …
Independent 10,554/Tees
Did you know that (TEES AND PIERRE)* is EARNED RESPITE? For those of you who are wishing you had earned respite from …
Guardian 28,208 – Vulcan
A very Monday-ish puzzle from Vulcan today; though light on the cryptic definitions, unusually. A quick but pleasant solve: thanks to Vulcan. …
Private Eye (Cyclops / 682) Healthcare Buffoon
Medium difficulty for the Eye. About half in at the first pass and the other half filled-in without too much difficulty. So …
Independent on Sunday 1,589/Silvanus
A pleasing puzzle in the usual IoS style, where I was troubled only by one or two remote synonyms. …
Everyman 3,851
The Observer crossword from Aug 2, 2020. A typical well-written and enjoyable Everyman crossword to accompany my Sunday brunch. I did have …
Azed No. 2,512 Plain – Competition Puzzle
Another helping of interesting words and carefully constructed clues. Thank you Azed. I will be away on a short cycling tour over …
Independent 10,553 by Phi
We now have Phi-day on a Saturday. All very confusing this week but as we also blogged the Hob yesterday we realised …
Guardian 28,201 / Brendan
It’s lovely to get a chance to write a post about a Brendan crossword – he’s one of my favourite setters, and …
Enigmatic Variations No. 1445: Evolution by Vismut
An interesting preamble. Nine entries to thematically treat and 9 clues also. The treatments lead to a description of what has been …
Financial Times 16,549 by WANDERER
An excellent challenge from WANDERER today! Thanks to setter for an enjoyable solve. FF: 10 DD: 9 ACROSS 1, 6 HITTING THE …