Lots of fun from Qaos today. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Oh good, another Filbert only seems like yesterday, well last Sunday, I did one of his here and on he was on Thursday too. A typical Everyman, smooth surfaces, clear wordplay and definitions, no obscurities, a pleasure to solve and blog. 00 EST Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Artexlen provides this morning’s FT challenge. Sun 21 May 2023 19. Thank you Monk. The Guardian. 14. : 14: oddball – dd. FF: 8 DD: 7This is Triton’s fourth puzzle in the Inquisitor series. Across: 1: SPINOZA: 2’s handling of media with lightweight article SPIN (handling of media) + OZ (ounce) + A = Baruch Spinoza , a 17C Dutch PhilosopherThis was pretty much the opposite experience of the Raich puzzle with the World Cup theme. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. : 10: BRUCE – CURB< + E[nglishman]. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles. The Hamilton Spectator. SNAKEBOARDS N in SAKE + BOARDS (not in Chambers). Chandler has set a fair Quiptic. A bit of an unexciting Dante crossword. Stop at an early stage trouble behind input (3,2,3,3) NIP IN THE BUD : Anagram of ( trouble) BEHIND INPUT. Stay balanced, grounded and focused, safe in the knowledge that your angels surround and support you as you serve your Divine life purpose and path. Quiptic 1,221 by Hectence. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. (“bits of Hong Kong”) Pachinko is a Japanese game. Across; No. 6: SAROS – reverse hidden in “groupS, OR A Solo”. Financial Times 17,446 by JASON. This one went in steadily, with only one less well known word – a bit of a trademark from this setter. BUMPER STICKER (small label bearing a slogan or advertisement affixed to the BUMPER of a motor vehicle). Guardian Quiptic 1,234/Pasquale. No printing errors! At least none that I can see, thank you to whoever has taken up the challenge. com. Guardian Quiptic 745 / Provis. It is published on. Abbreviations. Plenty of entertainment here and not much to moan about. Quiptic crossword No 1,231. A web-only, cryptic puzzle for beginners and those in a hurry. Quick crossword No 16,664. 16 thoughts on “Independent 11,446 by Filbert”. I was coming along fine until the last 5 clues which took me thrice as long as the rest of the puzzle. To those of you expecting a Dac crossword you should be aware that today is an important day in musical and operatic history. Quiptic 1,233 by Hectence. Guardian Quiptic 1,184/Matilda July 25, 2022 by Pierre Matilda appears comparatively infrequently as our Quiptic setter, but I always enjoy solving and blogging her puzzles. 5 – 2 hours – Chambers used for 25D only. All straightforward, except perhaps 20, my last one in, and of which I’m not totally certain. ) Thanks to Pan for a puzzle that’s par for the Quiptic genre. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. with a rod and line; and 2nd: The space, measured in degrees, between two intersecting lines is an obtuse one when it is more than 90 degrees. Read more >> Categories Guardian Quiptic 18 Comments. Are you impressed with Cincinnus? I am more and more mightily impressed with Cincinnus. There was early mention of this puzzle on Derek Harrison’s message board, which indicated that one of the green squares was misplaced. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Set by: Matilda Sun 18 Aug 2019 19. Abbreviations. Today’s CrypticsTime on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. You. Quite straightforward today, nothing obscure or contentious and decent surfaces in the main. A puzzle that nmsindy found extremely hard with a massive anagram, eventually after about 2 hours had to confess defeat on that and on some other clues. This puzzle has additional and missing letters, and misprints in definitions. 1 HALV(e) AH Pleased to work out a new word from the clear wordplay. The people living in ZIP code 27610 are primarily black or African American. I cannot overstate how important the Torquemada/Ximenes/Azed tradition is in the history of crosswords. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. Your regular blogger Scchua is away, so you’ve got me today folks as the occasional stand-in for my first FT blog. And it’s a Babylonian astronomical cycle — rather long (3600 years). Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. ) and any obscurities were compensated for by the final dénouement resulting from 26/3 and the left- and right-hand columns. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. 11 Recalled to narrate account: Shakespeare’s Shrew?CALLET (TELL (narrate) AC (account))<Another relatively swift solve for me this week, with only 2dn forcing me to turn to Chambers in the hope that there wouldn’t be too many entries in there beginning with those six letters!Solving time 48 mins, no Chambers until grid complete, 2 mistakes (32,33) Don Manley said in a recent comment how glad he was to see Azed returning to this blog, and mentioned the importance of the monthly clue-writing competition. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Plenty of entertainment here and not much to moan about. 5 . Convoluted wordplay – solved from the def. 9 Run-down property due proper reconstruction. Set by: Anto. Solving time: About 30 mins; two missing, one wrong. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and. across; 6: sword of honour – s + word of honour. Read more >>This puzzle reminded me of a year or two back when I thought the Quixote Sunday puzzle was pitched at an easier level than the daily Indy one. The ever-reliable Hectence provides our entertainment today. Solving time: About 30 mins; two missing, one wrong. Clue No: ANSWER (GRID ENTRY) Clue with definition underlined: Explanation, with quoted indicators in italics and letters appearing in the ANSWER capitalised and emboldened: Across: 1a: PATTI (PITTA) Maybe Smith Institute, think tank all parties originally backed (5): Institute, Think Tank All Parties: first letters (originally). Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Eccles appears every second Wednesday, but between his puzzles we never know who we are going to find. Set by: Chandler Sun 18 Jun 2023 19. 9A is still waiting to be annotated. 00 EDT Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 00 EDT. and crossing letters, and only sorted out that anagram for the blog. Quiptic crossword No 1,246. June 29, 2015 by newmarketsausage. Quick crossword No 16,664. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Set by: Matilda. ACROSS. What term do you want to search? Search with google. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 10 thoughts on “Independent on Sunday, 1,224 – Kairos”. Learn how your comment data is processed. Across; 9: BEATITUDE – BEAT IT + DUE*. Across; 8/9: ARETHA FRANKLIN — the rather difficult wordplay is ((heart)* Frank) in {P}alin — Sarah Palin is evidently keen to be regarded as a hockey mom: at least that is how the press tends to portray her1: FEE(DLO)T – old* in FEET. com every Monday Quiptic 1,231 by Chandler. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 00 EDT. November 2023. Crosswords Blog Quick Cryptic Prize Weekend Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed Quiptic A web-only, cryptic puzzle for beginners and those in a hurry. Convoluted wordplay – solved from the def. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Kids’ TV show called what? It’s set in a wooded glen (6,4) (RANG [called] + EH [what?]) contained in (set in) GILL (wooded glen)G (RANG E H) ILL. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Across; No. Across: 1: AUTOMATIC PILOT: George, 8, is not used to land, of course (9,5): 8 down’s solution being ‘they say’, ‘George’ is the nickname for an aicraft’s automatic pilot. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Crossword. This Wednesday we have a puzzle from Bluth. Across: 1: VANDAL: Person wantonly damaging property in museum close to Whitehall (6): V AND A (Victoria and Albert “museum”) + (whitehal)L: 5: BARONESS: Titled lady one’s seen in pubs (8): ONE’S seen in BARS (“pubs”): 9: WARRANTY: Bond guarded about angry tirade (8): WARY (“guarded”) about RANT (“angry tirade”): 10: BIG TOP:. Newer Puzzles >>> The Guardian is one of the world’s leading English. Sun 1 Jan 2023 19. The site was inspired by the ‘ Times for the. 3: TROM=rev(mort),PE – yes, “it’s an apparatus for producing a blast of air in a furnace…” thus a reasonable alternative to a bellows. Across. Across; 1: ALLEVIATE – A + VILETALE*: 6: COSTA – COST + A: 9: LEG IT – LEGIT: 10: LOUDMOUTH – LOUD + MOUTH: 11: MATELOT – MATE + LOT: 12: PATELLA – A + TELL in PA: 13,15: PUT ONES HAND TO THE PLOUGH – dd: 19: ELAPSED – PLEASED*: 21: PILLAGE – PAGE around ILL: 22: GALLIVANT – GALLANT around (St). You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. 4-, 8- and 12-letter entries suffer a Phase Shift: the wordplay in their clues refers to the entry but with one phase replaced by the same phase of another entry – e. the section 1231 losses shall be included only if and to the extent taken into account in computing taxable income, except that section 1211 shall not apply. Chandler has set a fair Quiptic. 0. MOON might have its third quarter replaced by that of LUNATION giving. June 18, 2023. After Crux’s surprise appearance a week ago, we’re back to ‘normal’. 12a (CUBA). Perhaps towards the trickier end of the Quiptic range, but with some more straightforward clues to get started. Not over-taxing for a Tuesday, but plenty to admire and enjoy in this rather elegant composition. Newer Puzzles >>> The Guardian is one of the world’s leading English-language newspaper websites along with its sister papers, The Observer and The Guardian Weekly. Thank you scchua for your entertaining blog and illustrations. Also, if you know the background or interests of the Independent crossword setters, you will not be surprised that a puzzle by Klingsor is the Independent offering today. 1: KLOOTCH – (cloth OK)*. In clue order, the second or fifth letters of these words followed (again in clue order) by the alternative selection of these letters give the originator and setting of a quotation which describes how five pairs of answers are to. Sun 1 Jan 2023 19. Many will welcome Armonie on a Monday, including me. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. As usual. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Ecological by Kruger. 1 We men are at the top of church’s structure (12) STEEPLEJACKS: JACKS(plural of male name for men) +(at) STEEPLE(the top of church’s structure literally). You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. Across; 1/15: IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: Pubic hair in settee removed with lint (not A1) – cynical excuse for tabloid exposé? (2,3,6,8) (PUBIC HAIR IN SETTEE + LINT – AI)* AInd: removed. Read more >> Categories Guardian Quiptic 22 Comments. 1ac I did it all right – but it felt wrong enjoying it (6,8) [ wordplay: what “I did it” might be an example of + synonym for “all right”] [GUILTY PLEA + SURE] [ definition: it felt. One entry, an anagram of X’s name (initial + surname), should be highlighted in the final grid. The wordplay is accessible, so with help from good old Wikipedia, it wasn’t too tough. Across: 1: SPINOZA: 2’s handling of media with lightweight article SPIN (handling of media) + OZ (ounce) + A = Baruch Spinoza , a 17C Dutch PhilosopherSun 4 Jun 2023 19. I was the blogger of her first Cryptic, and remarked then that I found it mostly very easy, with several Quiptic-type clues. A puzzle which would almost have been perfect for beginners…. Clue No: ANSWER (GRID ENTRY) Clue with definition underlined: Explanation, with quoted indicators in italics and letters appearing in the ANSWER capitalised and emboldened: Across: 1a: PATTI (PITTA) Maybe Smith Institute, think tank all parties originally backed (5): Institute, Think Tank All Parties: first letters (originally). Set by: Anto. How true! Visiting family and friends, a blog, and then – a crossword in the same style by the same setter, and to top it, a clue verbatim from yesterday and a definition used twice, as happened yesterday. Quiptic crossword No 1,230. 00 EDT. . I was surprised to see Paul in the Prize spot for the second week running – but we had had Picaroon and Philistine on the previous two days and so I perhaps should have guessed. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Greetings earthlings! I’ve managed to resurface after something of a blogging exile – it turned out that the rehab clinic wouldn’t allow me wi-fi access during my (longer than anticipated) stay. This one. No surprises (unlike last time), many double and cryptic definitions. Schadenfreude shows up here about every couple of months. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. . MLS #940945. The number of people in their late 20s to early 40s. Surely a sad day for many crossword lovers. Things have all got a bit tawdry recently, haven’t they…still, we have the ‘sunlit uplands’ to look forward to…are we there yet?… Read more >>Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Santalin is “the colouring matter of red sandalwood”Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. cad clue as. Solving time: 5:12. No particular problem with this one, with the two longest words in the centre coming straightaway from the definitions. ACROSS. The accent from Hull is somewhat unique. Ten answers are to. Stick Insect seems to have averaged one or two EVs a year since 2013-or so, and I think I have attempted/solved most of them, but this is the first of his I have had to blog – and what a delightful puzzle it was…Guardian Quiptic 717 / Orlando. Learn how your comment data is processed. g. Print | Accessible version. Some rather tricky clues today which meant that this was far from a quick solve for me. There are 88 homes for sale in 64111 with a median listing home price of $347,000. Everyman 3742/1 July. One of those puzzles where the parsing took as much time as the solving did for many clues, if not longer. Quick crossword No 16,664. Print | Accessible version. Favourites 9ac, 12ac, 15ac, 25ac, 7dn, 8dn, and 17dn. Here we have another great puzzle from Mudd. Across: 1: PACHINKO: After taking in bits of Hong Kong, Al’s game for fun in Tokyo! (8) (Al) PACINO taking in H and K. May 22, 2023 by Widdersbel. Across; 1/15: IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: Pubic hair in settee removed with lint (not A1) – cynical excuse for tabloid exposé? (2,3,6,8) (PUBIC HAIR IN SETTEE + LINT – AI)* AInd: removed. March 30, 2023 by manehi. Monday Prize Crossword / Mar 14, 2016. The quickest of the week so far for me. Quiptic 1,253 by Bartland. Publications; The Guardian; Quiptic 1231; June 19, 2023Guardian Quiptic 1,246/Placeholder. Solving time: 1. 1 What a barrister does is obvious (6,2,6) STANDS TO REASON Double definition. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. This time, it’s a book of actual puzzles – and the stories behind them Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Water is widely used as a raw material, ingredient, and solvent in the processing, formulation, and manufacture of pharmaceutical products, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and intermediates, compendial articles, and. I agree with Cellomaniac – difficulty is largely. Greater Victoria Public Library - Esquimalt Branch,library,1231 Esquimalt Rd, Victoria, BC V9A 3P1, Canada,address,phone. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. However, we don’t know which clues are affected in what way or even how many of each there are (only that there are ‘approximately equal numbers of each’). Thanks Jason. 20 Janitor finding joyrider around the middle of. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. In clue order omitted letters spell the second part of the definition (six words) of a two-word phrase. Another beautifully crafted entry-level puzzle from Everyman and an illustration of the reason why I always recommend him to any mates who want to get into cryptics. Some tricksy parses and clever decoy work from Gurney today. Learn how your comment data is processed. I made my way quickly through this puzzle. July 25, 2022 by Pierre. A solid challenge from ALBERICH today. The thematic content was a ‘anagram and one letter change’ 7-letter word chain, the first and last words of which came from extra letters in across clue wordplay, and the rest from unclued answers. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Today, the crossword editor of the FT wrote: The first Financial Times crossword to be set by Dante, Roger Squires, was published on May 27 1982. Across. Across: 1: AUTOMATIC PILOT: George, 8, is not used to land, of course (9,5): 8 down’s solution being ‘they say’, ‘George’ is the nickname for an aicraft’s automatic pilot. Guardian Quiptic 1,184/Matilda. 31 across, perhaps because the surfaces of some of the others felt a bit contrived. Dunno about you but I made heavy weather of some of this, not helped by putting a wrong answer in 8d initially. You. About Fifteensquared. DOER UPPER. Everything was ultimately solvable, though 1ac was unfamiliar enough to require some undirected Chambers-browsing on my part. 1 We men are at the top of church’s structure (12) STEEPLEJACKS: JACKS(plural of male name for men) +(at) STEEPLE(the top of church’s structure literally). paddymelon. I found this a thoroughly decent puzzle. Hidden in “erotica mainly”. Hidden in “erotica mainly”. 00 EDT Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. : 12: PRUDENT – PRUDE + N + T. 5: AMIDST. Quiptic 1,231 by Chandler. There are some lovely surfaces: I liked the baddie having a moment of self-doubt in 13a, the rather exciting international match in 17a, the self-referential 1d. This preamble could well be just a repeat of what I, and others, have been saying for many months. BUMPERS (cups or glasses filled to the brim for drinking a toast; big drinks) + TICKER (slang for the heart). Good morning, Quiptic crossworders. Anto has been known for setting “too hard for a Quiptic” puzzles. (a form of the indefinite article). Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 11 Supporting beam, very much still aliveA tough challenge from BRADMAN this Friday. My top clues are 1a (SEMI-PRECIOUS), 13a (GLADIOLI) and 9d (MINIATURE GOLF). 00 EST. Solving time: probably 35’ total with lots of interruptions. Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. I rate this as one of the harder of Mudd’s efforts; 1d in particular gave me a lot of trouble. Across: 1: ONE FINE DAY Dreadful English summer noted by Puccini (3,4,3): Double / Cryptic definition A very nice clue to start with. ‘In GOOD AUSPICES, answers to unclued entries in single-digit positions are thematically related; those at 11 (so they say) belong to a later set. 7 PHI Hidden. Which is not the first time this has happened, and is annoying. November 20, 2023 by Quirister. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Quiptic 1,231 by Chandler. Everyman No 3,999. Quick crossword No 16,664. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. ANGLE : Double defn: 1st: To. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles. GK buffs will feel right at home with this puzzle which touches a range of domains like literature and biology and geography. Across: 1: VANDAL: Person wantonly damaging property in museum close to Whitehall (6): V AND A (Victoria and Albert “museum”) + (whitehal)L: 5: BARONESS: Titled lady one’s seen in pubs (8) Across: 1: DOWNSWING: Experiencing the blues, big-band jazz club movement (9): DOWN (experiencing the blues) SWING (big-band jazz) 6: PUT UP: Build from either boundary? (3,2) cryptic def – palindrome Across; 7: SPOONFED: Given the dumbing down treatment, old-style court favoured initially by Miliband? SPOON = old-fashioned word meaning ‘court‘ (as a verb); F = favoured initially; ED = Miliband Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. 00 EDT. In this second sense it qualifies as an & lit clue. This is an extremely popular crossword puzzle in which for sure you will pass some great time and. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Excellent crossword from Morph today. June 19, 2023 by Oriel. Nutmeg’s Wednesday offering was challenging, but fun and fair. I couldn’t get into this at all and gave up with about half the grid completed. Print | Accessible version. . Learn how your comment data is processed. 00 EST Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Thanks, Chifonie Quiptic 1231 <<< Older Puzzles. Preamble: Seven of a set of ten are to appear clockwise in the perimeter. g. Read more >> Categories Guardian Quiptic 24 Comments. Sun 11 Jun 2023 19. Suggestion to conceal display device (5,6) TOUCH SCREEN : TOUCH (a suggestion/a. My favourites today were 1ac, 11ac, and 25ac. At first, I thought this was going to be a write-in as the first two across answers slotted in without a thought, but gradually the puzzle started to present some more challenging clues, and in the end I have not quite managed to complete it, as I have three possible answers to 8dn, TANDEMS, TENDERS and TANKERS none of which work properly for me. Preamble: From the answer to each clue a letter must be deleted wherever it appears before entry into the grid; Definitions refer to the full unmutilated answer, wordplay and enumeration to the grid entry. Found this extremely straightforward – favourites were 11ac and 8dn. It’s Wiglaf’s turn in the Thursday slot this week and it’s six months since we last blogged one of his puzzles. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. The latter is one of those words that I ever pronounce the same way twice in a row. 1800. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 27, 2015. 7 RO UGH OR< 9 M (INNESOT) AN (tension)*A good puzzle. Across. But some head-scratching certainly required for this sluggish solver, with a number of clues taking a little unravelling. After several weeks of harder than average Everymans (or should that be Everymen?) we seem to have returned to normal with a very accessible puzzle, though one that was still a pleasure to solve. Publications; The Guardian; Quiptic 1231; June 19, 2023 Set by: Matilda Sun 18 Aug 2019 19. June 18, 2023. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku. You. I have in my hand a piece of paper…and unfortunately this is the last time I will be able to say that about a newsprint copy of an Indy Prize Cryptic (;+<) Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 25, 2016 I found this an easier Mudd than the previous two and a puzzle clued with some fine surfaces. November 21, 2022 by Quirister. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. I reckon she knows what she’s doing. GK buffs will feel right at home with this puzzle which touches a range of domains like literature and biology and geography. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. For the first time since I started blogging here, I am moved to seriously criticise a puzzle. Learn how your comment data is processed. I remember the Lonnie Donegan. Quick, Cryptic, Prize, Quiptic and Genius Email guardian. Our Quiptic puzzle is from Anto today. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. I think the word “the” fits the grammar-related meaning of “determiner”. 5 Stupendous borders edged with flowers and yet more flowers. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. I made an absolute pig’s ear of this puzzle. A good Quiptic-level puzzle, with mostly straightforward constructions and nothing too obscure. Sun 26 Feb 2023 19. Boatman and I capsized in. g. 00 EDT Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Thanks, ChifonieContact the crossword editors. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. A rare Friday appearance from ARTEXLEN, thanks to whom for a good workout. There’s an extra letter in every clue which has to be removed before solving. with a theme around drugs including the surfaces of 13ac and 5dn, as well as UPPER, SEDATES, TAB[let], HORSE=heroin, PILLS, BLOW/SNOW=cocaine, RAINBOW=LSD, TEA/POT, GRASS, HASH BROWNIES, DOPE, DUST… any more? Bartland is inviting you to replace the first T in TWITTER with an S. Top puzzle, that. 2 thoughts on “Financial Times 12,699 by Cinephile — A puzzle for bird brains?” C G Rishikesh. An unusually large number of double definitions this morning, but otherwise the setter demonstrating. No special comments; the clues I liked best were the simplest ones, e. No theme that I can see, but then I usually can’t. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Today’s CrypticsIt’s been three months since we last saw Mass but again he has come up with a themed puzzle that provided a great deal of enjoyment, at least once 8A/2 had been solved. Guardian Quiptic 1,228/Matilda. A second outing for Anto in the Quiptic slot. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 10 . Quiptic 1,227 by Hectence. This one, the first in 2018, seems to mark a farewell to Monday Prize puzzles. This was harder than a typical Rufus, but mostly not too difficult. 59 thoughts on “Guardian Cryptic 29,100 by Vulcan”. 00 EDT. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 16, 2014. Standard Dante fare, nothing to be afraid of. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. A rare Friday appearance from ARTEXLEN, thanks to whom for a good workout. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Clear cluing, no obscurities, and enough stuff to keep the improving solver interested as well. A crossword with the upper half considerably easier than the lower, with 14, 21d and 22d taking time/research to fill in. Quiptic crossword No 1,252. Speedy 1445 <<< Older Puzzles. June 19, 2023 by Oriel. Lovely and well-pitched Quiptic this week. The most Ximenean of the crowd in terms of wordplay but absolutely a horror when it comes to meaningful surfaces. Hectence has been doing Quiptics for quite a few years now, I think, and is very good at them,. EP6. Across: 1: MOBILE: triple definition – mobile phone, hanging decoration and the US port: 4: WINNIPEG: PINE* in WING (annexe): 9: NIEVRE: ER (The Queen, Elizabeth Regina) and VEIN (temperament) reversed – department of France, home of the Pouilly Fumé wine: 10: BARNSLEY: North and South (partners in bridge) inside BARLEY. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Quiptic 1,231 by Chandler. Across: 1: DOWNSWING: Experiencing the blues, big-band jazz club movement (9): DOWN (experiencing the blues) SWING (big-band jazz) 6: PUT UP: Build from either boundary? (3,2) cryptic def – palindromeAcross; 7: SPOONFED: Given the dumbing down treatment, old-style court favoured initially by Miliband? SPOON = old-fashioned word meaning ‘court‘ (as a verb); F = favoured initially; ED = MilibandLots of fun from Qaos today. It took me a long time, but that was because it was good and difficult, and the delay was almost entirely the result of my own incompetence. Crosswords Blog Quick Cryptic Prize Weekend Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed Quiptic A web-only, cryptic puzzle for beginners and those in a hurry. Learn how your comment data is processed. “In each clue, one word must take flight before solving, replacing the escapee from the next clue (or first across clue from the last down clue). 00 EDT. Chandler has set a fair Quiptic. I found this pretty hard, especially the top half of the grid. My thanks go to Duncan, Holy Ghost, and Kenmac who covered for me in my absence. . After the splendid classical music themed Indy 7,148 of a few weeks ago, I was pleased to open the newspaper and find that I was blogging a further Radian puzzle. The last one, before Christmas, marked a farewell to Dante. (DUE PROPER)* with ‘reconstruction’ as the. That is still true here, but I think this one is a little more difficult. Everyman 3742/1 July. Fairly straightforward puzzle, I thought – solving time, 16 mins * = anagram < = reversed. Across; Clue No: Solution: Clue: Definition (with occasional embellishments) / Logic/parsing 1A: JACOB REES-MOGG: Apparently an upper-class twit, George, involved with job scam (5,4-4)There seems to be an extended submission date for this puzzle, presumably because of the Bank Holidays, so the blog will appear on Saturday 11 June. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz.