Rufus (Roger Squires) at his surprise party to mark his 80th birthday. He does not know about the NTSPP yet!
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After three crosswords published on the DIY COW site, eXternal makes a welcome debut in the NTSPP series. This was an excellent crossword and I hope that it will be the first of many from him. I have highlighted my favourite clues in blue.
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Radler returns with a themed winter crossword that is very appropriate given the current weather sweeping across the country. The key to the crossword is solving 13d which introduces the theme word needed to unlock many of the remaining clues. Even with the theme word cracked, this is a tricky crossword with some complicated wordplay, strokes of genius and Radler’s usual libertarian cluing that reflects his love of some Guardian setters!!
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Bigging It Up
Welcome back to Alchemi with a fun filled feast of anagrams (15) and other clues. The review is a little brief as I am heading off for the Cruciverbalists’ Convention (aka drinking) at the Bridge House.
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Welcome back to Heiroglyph with a different kind of crossword. I have to admit that alphabetical jigsaws are not my cup of tea but I did enjoy this one. The clues were all relatively gentle and fitting them into the grid was not at all difficult.
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A welcome back to Gazza with an enjoyable crossword with lots to amuse and entertain. It was maybe not a cheeky as some of his earlier ones and had more than its fair share of abbreviations and remove the final letter of a word clues. However, this did not detract from the fun of solving it and there were lots of penny drop moments. My favourite clues are highlighted in blue.
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Boaz returns with an excellent and cheeky little number. Favourite clues are shown below highlighted in blue.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning all. Gazza is having a lie-in today and offered me the opportunity to blog one of the weekday puzzles. After a run of fairly gentle crosswords our setter today has given us a more meaty offering for us to get our teeth into. Fortunately, no turkey in this crossword just a lot of tricky wordplay for us to savour.
My favourite clues are shown highlighted in blue. Top of the Pops for me today was 26a.
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Welcome back to Radler with a trickier crossword. The clues themselves are not too complicated (with comes exceptions) but it is one of those crosswords with a theme that is not directly announced and has to be deduced from the answers to the non-themed clues (and a NINA in the grid). Once the theme is cracked, the rest of the crossword is relatively straightforward.
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We welcome back Alchemi with a gentle crossword that should not cause anyone too many problems today. Alchemi’s Guardian roots show with some more libertarian clues such as the use of forerib
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Welcome back to Hieroglyph with an excellent crossword. All the across clues have a theatrical theme in the wordplay (in not in all of the answers). Knowing the theme is not essential to solving the clues themselves.
My favourites are highlighted in blue below.
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Chaz returns to entertain us with another crossword that reveals his reading habits! Favourite clues are highlighted in blue. Let us what you liked and disliked in the comments below.
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A welcome back to Alchemi with his second puzzle on these pages. As an added treat, his debut crossword on Alberich’s crossword site is also available here:
http://www.alberichcrosswords.com/pages/alchemi.html
Today’s crossword was enjoyable. I have highlighted my favourite clues in blue. There were perhaps too many anagrams in the wordplay, but for those who like them in abundance, this crossword will be right up your street.
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Welcome back to Radler with a cheeky crossword whose theme was prophetically announced by Spindrift when commenting on today’s Daily Telegraph crossword. This is a crossword with several double entendres alluded to by the answer to the long across clues as 11, 17 and 15 across (a brilliant anagram for the theme which fits perfectly within it).
 | Kath on DT 26795 |
 | droolie on Toughie 723 |
 | jaehancock on DT 26795 |
 | andy on DT 26795 |
| andy on Toughie 724 |
 | gnomethang on DT 26795 |
| gnomethang on Toughie 724 |
 | Anax on Toughie 724 |
 | TimCypher on DT 26795 |
 | collywobbles on DT 26795 |
| Kath on Toughie 724 |
 | mary on DT 26795 |
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