Categories Guardian. I got off to a slow start and didn’t get anything until the last across clue, RETURN MATCH, but things improved when I got into the downs. 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. 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. (“bits of Hong Kong”) Pachinko is a Japanese game. One of several old crossword favourites today. 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. 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. crosswords​@theguardian. Quiptic 1231. This one went in steadily, with only one less well known word – a bit of a trademark from this setter. I say almost because I think it is let down by 26ac and to a lesser extent by 22ac. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Hectence has been setting the Quiptic for many years and is a bit of a specialist in the form. There was early mention of this puzzle on Derek Harrison’s message board, which indicated that one of the green squares was misplaced. . This one, the first in 2018, seems to mark a farewell to Monday Prize puzzles. I say almost because I think it is let down by 26ac and to a lesser extent by 22ac. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and. Chandler has set a fair Quiptic. 1. 5 bath property. It’s been a while since we had an FT Monday crossword. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. An enjoyable puzzle – nothing too obscure, although there are a few slightly trickier clues! Thanks to Chandler. 0. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Another reliable enjoyable puzzle from Phi. Sun 21 May 2023 19. church spires, to do maintenance work on them. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles. A very tough solve overall – glad there were some easier clues to get started. As easy as you’d expect on a Monday except for a few horticultural clues that were completely out of my areas of expertise, which had to wait until I had most of the checking letters and then required a bit of dictionary work to confirm once I’d had a guess from the wordplay. November 20, 2023 by Quirister. Excellent crossword from Morph today. A fairly easy puzzle today frrom Gurney. The last one, before Christmas, marked a farewell to Dante. Sun 5 Mar 2023 19. I found this a mixture of extremely easy clues and some quite tricky ones, solving time, 22 mins. 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. July 25, 2022 by Pierre. Bruce and Sheila are stereotypical Australian male and female names respectively. Across: 1: LUKEWARM: Conflict between evangelist and medium lacking conviction (8): An envelope (‘between’) of WAR (‘conflict’) in LUKE (‘evangelist. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. The Guardian. No printing errors! At least none that I can see, thank you to whoever has taken up the challenge. This puzzle has a preamble: Running clockwise around the shaded squares, starting top left, are two sentences from a 2016 ‘Pseuds Corner’ entry. Note: This was actually posted early in January 2010. Angel Number 1244 is a message from the angels that you need to see yourself in a higher light (as your true self), and your angels are helping to boost your self-esteem and self-belief. 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). Crossword. Sun 16 Jul 2023 19. ACROSS. 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. In this second sense it qualifies as an & lit clue. Across: 1: GET AHEAD: Understand a source to make progress (3,5): GET + A + HEAD. : 9: puritanism – (up + martinis)*. Mainly got stuck in the SE corner. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Crosswords. No prize crossword today but a Farewell to Dante. Oh good, another Filbert only seems like yesterday, well last Sunday, I did one of his here and on he was on Thursday too. Surely a sad day for many crossword lovers. No, I hadn’t heard of him either: according to Wikipedia, he was a Greek philosopher and poet from the 5th century BC, and “not to be confused with Xenophon”. cd cryptic definition. In all remaining clues, single extra letters involved in wordplay spell a further description of X. Sometimes you can be lucky with a puzzle – the words are familiar or you quickly see how most things work and go through it fast. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Hectence has been doing Quiptics for quite a few years now, I think, and is very good at them,. We found this one as tricky as his previous offerings, but didn’t enjoy it quite so much, mainly due to the unusual (to us) words at 13ac and 25ac, the oddity at 22ac and the fictional character (unknown to us) at 3d. com For technical problems email userhelp@theguardian. Quiptic setter's taken to Christmas show (5) 14. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Not over-taxing for a Tuesday, but plenty to admire and enjoy in this rather elegant composition. July 8, 2018 by Pierre. For the first time since I started blogging here, I am moved to seriously criticise a puzzle. Contact the crossword editors. What can we say? It’s the beginning of the month so it’s Dac again with another of his excellent puzzles with their trade-mark great surfaces. Learn how your comment data is processed. Three easy hidden words gave a good start and many fine clues along the way afforded much entertainment. July 3, 2023 by Quirister. July 28, 2015 July 27, 2015 by scchua (Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Thanks to Chandler and Scchua. g. Across. It’s Wiglaf’s turn in the Thursday slot this week and it’s six months since we last blogged one of his puzzles. with (for me) a couple of unfamiliar words (BLADDERED, CLOU) and unfamiliar usages (BEGGARLY, PIRATE), plus a delightful callback to the New Romantic era. Thanks Jason. Click search. 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. Nothing too taxing today, although 4 across held me up for a little while. Guardian Quiptic 819 Pan. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 00 EDT. Day: 19 June 2023 Financial Times 17,446 by JASON June 19, 2023 by Teacow JASON kicks things off this Monday morning… Read more >> FT 11 Comments Guardian Cryptic. June 19, 2023 by Oriel. 00 EST. Across: 1: JAY WALK: Don’t use 25, OK?German youth leader overturns rule by king (7) JA (OK, ‘yes’ in German) + Y[outh] + reversal [overturns] of LAW (rule) + K (king) When you ‘jaywalk’ you. An insertion of SS for the ‘borders’ of ‘stupendous’ in BLOOMS. Read more >> Categories Guardian Quiptic 24 Comments. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. . This was harder than a typical Rufus, but mostly not too difficult. cad clue as definition. 31 across, perhaps because the surfaces of some of the others felt a bit contrived. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. It is published on theguardian. Some of the clues took a little while to parse (15ac took me a few minutes alone), but I got there in the end. Only 5d gave me a little trouble. I don’t think she has ever appeared in the main Cryptic slot, and nor has Vulcan ever appeared in the Quiptic slot, so a mix-up seems somewhat unlikely. Quiptic crossword No 1,230. Some rather tricky clues today which meant that this was far from a quick solve for me. 5 LIBE (RA) L. A puzzle which would almost have been perfect for beginners…. Provis appears to be a brand new setter, who has started with a well-judged Quiptic, with nothing too hard for improving solvers. It’s been a while since we had an FT Monday crossword. A puzzle that at first seemed tough, and then seemed elementary, and ended up being pretty enjoyable, after all. ANGLE : Double defn: 1st: To. 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. Solving time 1:03:33. Hectence returns to the Quiptic slot with a puzzle that provides the old grey matter with a decent Monday morning workout. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Quiptic crossword No 1,246. The last one, before Christmas, marked a farewell to Dante. Quiptic 1,231 by Chandler. I think the word “the” fits the grammar-related meaning of “determiner”. 5: AMIDST. 00 EST. Thank you. After this actor was used by Mordred on Monday, I put him into my memory bank, but he’s there again on his 28th birthday as the Indy recorded today. Anto has been known for setting “too hard for a Quiptic” puzzles. Crosswords Blog Quick Cryptic Prize Weekend Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed Quiptic A web-only, cryptic puzzle for beginners and those in a hurry. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. SHOPPING CENTRE. To those of you expecting a Dac crossword you should be aware that today is an important day in musical and operatic history. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. 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. WATER FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES. Key: dd. 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. Quiptic Genius Speedy Everyman Azed More Speedy. 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. A couple of excellent cryptic definitions (12dn/13dn). Greater Victoria Public Library - Esquimalt Branch,library,1231 Esquimalt Rd, Victoria, BC V9A 3P1, Canada,address,phone. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and. Across; 1: Rubbishy: B(lack) I + sh in ruby, although I struggle a little to see exactly how “in storage” tells you that it is inside ruby. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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… Quick, Cryptic, Prize, Quiptic and Genius Email guardian. Plenty of entertainment here and not much to moan about. Learn how your comment data is processed. Quick crossword No 16,664. Preamble: The key phases of the moon here are 1st Quarter, 3rd Quarter and Full. 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. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. Print | Accessible version. There seems to be a recurring image of someone becoming 1a, being 26a, creating a 8d, and generally being a 9d; the last of these is a wonderful anagram. Nutmeg’s Wednesday offering was challenging, but fun and fair. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. February 24, 2014 February 24, 2014 by Writinghawk. The latter is one of those words that I ever pronounce the same way twice in a row. Thanks, Chifonie Quiptic 1231 <<< Older Puzzles. A puzzle that at first seemed tough, and then seemed elementary, and ended up being pretty enjoyable, after all. Solving time: probably 35’ total with lots of interruptions. Dunno about you but I made heavy weather of some of this, not helped by putting a wrong answer in 8d initially. Fairly straightforward puzzle, I thought – solving time, 16 mins * = anagram < = reversed. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Many will welcome Armonie on a Monday, including me. Sun 5 Mar 2023 19. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. The theme here – female names – became apparent pretty swiftly, and many of the answers fell into place in short order. MLS #940945. And a bit of biblical stuff as well, which could fall into the same category. Solving time: 34 mins * = anagram. ACROSS: 9. Good to see several new FT. Read more >> Categories Guardian Quiptic 8. . Speedy, Everyman and Azed Email observer. Bruce and Sheila are stereotypical Australian male and female names respectively. Sun 16 Apr 2023 19. Solving time: probably 35’ total with lots of interruptions. Solving time: 5:12. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Quick crossword No 16,664. This was pretty much the opposite experience of the Raich puzzle with the World Cup theme. The Herald. 9: MOHAIRComments on: Quiptic 1,231 by Chandler @expelliarmus16, school is a collective noun for fish. It is published on. 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: 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. GK buffs will feel right at home with this puzzle which touches a range of domains like literature and biology and geography. Read more >> Categories Guardian Quiptic 22 Comments. Thanks Don, for the workout. Find below all The Guardian Quiptic Crossword 1231 Answers. Which is not the first time this has happened, and is annoying. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Quiptic 1231. Learn how your comment data is processed. Quiptic 821 by Provis. The results will be in the highest-ranking order. June 19, 2023 by Oriel. Perhaps towards the trickier end of the Quiptic range, but with some more straightforward clues to get started. The accent from Hull is somewhat unique. 00 EDT. It wouldn’t be Wednesday without Dac now, would it? This was another vintage Dac, in my humble opinion, this time one of medium difficulty on a grid that I did not recognise, with four long entries. My favourites today were 1ac, 11ac, and 25ac. September 11, 2023 at 7:36 am . An update from John Henderson regarding accommodation at York Racecourse: I’m led to believe that non-S&B bookings are coming up fast on the rails – and if people want a cheap weekend in York, they should get in touch, or we’ll not be able to guarantee places/reserve a few extra. No surprises (unlike last time), many double and cryptic definitions. Chandler provides our Quiptic challenge today. Preamble: Just over 25 per cent of clues contain a redundant word that must be removed before solving. My top clues are 1a (SEMI-PRECIOUS), 13a (GLADIOLI) and 9d (MINIATURE GOLF). comQuiptic 1231 <<< Older Puzzles. Set by: Kite. Independent 11,446 by Filbert. Is it my imagination or have these puzzles become somewhat easier in recent weeks? It’s now taking me longer to write the blog than it did to solve the puzzle. 00 EDT. 10 thoughts on “Independent on Sunday, 1,224 – Kairos”. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. A crossword with the upper half considerably easier than the lower, with 14, 21d and 22d taking time/research to fill in. Some of the clues took a little while to parse (15ac took me a few minutes alone), but I got there in the end. The scheduled blogger, scchua is on holiday, so I’m standing in today for this offering from Imogen. A delightful puzzle from Wire to start the week. I found it a relatively gentle start to the morning. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. The puzzle may be found at I thought this at the easier end of the Guardian spectrum, but with some nice ideas. Thank you scchua for your entertaining blog and illustrations. ACROSS. Clue: Wordplay: Entry: 1 . For the clue PUZZLE, we are looking for an answer that contains 7 letters. Set by: Chandler Sun 18 Jun 2023 19. It means the god of love in Hindu mythology, or (uncapitalised) earthly desire. A good Quiptic-level puzzle, with mostly straightforward constructions and nothing too obscure. The puzzle may be found at I thought this at the easier end of the Guardian spectrum, but with some nice ideas. Print | Accessible version. Set by: Kite. A rare thematic puzzle from Azed this week to mark puzzle no. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve. 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. The wordplay is accessible, so with help from good old Wikipedia, it wasn’t too tough. Pour fat over wretched French jail (8) 17. 1800. Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. across; 6: sword of honour – s + word of honour. And it’s a Babylonian astronomical cycle — rather long (3600 years). It is published on theguardian. Guardian Quiptic 1,246/Placeholder. I found this a thoroughly decent puzzle. Across. I made an absolute pig’s ear of this puzzle. Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 16, 2014. cd cryptic definition. crosswords​@theguardian. 5 Stupendous borders edged with flowers and yet more flowers. But I said that last time I blogged Pasquale, and most folk differed. 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. Everyman 3742/1 July. Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Some unusual words made this one a little harder for me than some recently from Quixote. Nutmeg’s Wednesday offering was challenging, but fun and fair. 00 EST Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Lots of fun from Qaos today. November 2023. I think I got a good deal! There’s an abundance of excellent clues, with deft definitions, a handful of ‘lift and separates’, ingenious constructions and some delightful story-telling surfaces, making for a highly enjoyable solve. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and. Quiptic 1,233 by Hectence. EP6. dd double definition. It also has a slightly higher than average population density. Set by: Anto. XENOPH[ob]ES (those who hate foreigners) without OB (abbreviation for old boy = former pupil of a school), containing (pening) AN. Clear cluing, no obscurities, and enough stuff to keep the improving solver interested as well. 20 Janitor finding joyrider around the middle of. The scheduled blogger scchua is still on holiday (lucky scchua) so today you have me as the stand-in (lucky you). The 1,703 sq. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. Quiptic 1,233 by Hectence. 00 EDT Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. One of those puzzles where the parsing took as much time as the solving did for many clues, if not longer. As of around 7:00am UK time, the Guardian Quiptic 1,246 is not available to blog: the. ) and any obscurities were compensated for by the final dénouement resulting from 26/3 and the left- and right-hand columns. Across. Chandler has set a fair Quiptic. Quick crossword No 16,664. No theme that I can see, but then I usually can’t. Quiptic 1,221 by Hectence. (For those that missed it, this is the completed grid of Independent 6582 by Virgilius. Sure to pick me up and many others I would think. A solid challenge from ALBERICH today. Whilst compiling an index to the Inquisitor blogs, I noticed that there was an early one missing from May-07. Across; 9: BEATITUDE – BEAT IT + DUE*. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. A typically entertaining puzzle from a long-time favourite in this slot. Sun 5 Dec 2021 19. 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. Abbreviations. I couldn’t get into this at all and gave up with about half the grid completed. Learn how your comment data is processed. I think this is Matilda’s second appearance in the Cryptic slot, after a distinguished career as a Quiptic setter. I don’t think this was one of Phi’s more inspired offerings; unless there is a theme I have missed, I suspect the construction started with the interlinking 11ac, 7dn and 21dn, which are three of the more original clues, but lots of the others were very standard fare with simple word breakdowns. 12 J zEALOUSPrize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 5, 2014. The Ace of Hearts makes his (almost) annual appearance. Abbreviations. Speedy crossword No 1,467 Published: 18 Nov. Harder than usual for Phi – especially because of the title above. There’s an extra letter in every clue which has to be removed before solving. A good crossword, quite tricky to complete. Quiptic crossword No 1,216. Enjoyed a lot of the surfaces and the challenge to get it all parsed. Classic. The initial letters of single words to be removed from each clue before solving spell out the other three. Another enjoyable offering from Tuesday regular, Jason. I thought there were more doubtful clues than you normally see in the Independent. com Guardian Quiptic 717 / Orlando. Guardian Cryptic 29,100 by Vulcan. Read more >> Categories Guardian Quiptic 24 Comments. No special comments; the clues I liked best were the simplest ones, e. I got maybe 75% of this very quickly but the last few took a long time to finish, especially the SW corner. Don’t worry, this isn’t one of them – it’s definitely a Quiptic. 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. BUMPER STICKER (small label bearing a slogan or advertisement affixed to the BUMPER of a motor vehicle). 10 Measurement of weight lost by jerk (5) ANKER wANKER (jerk) ‘losing’ w (weight) – an old liquid measure for wines and spirits Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 2, 2014. A fairly straightforward puzzle I think – took about half as long as Mephisto. July 10, 2023 by Pierre. 1 HALV(e) AH Pleased to work out a new word from the clear wordplay. . Thanks to Vulcan. : 9Not being an expert on Azed xmas specials, can’t tell if this is par for the course or a lot harder. Quiptic 1,231 by Chandler. (a form of the indefinite article). What term do you want to search? Search with google. I made an absolute pig’s ear of this puzzle. paddymelon. Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 12. Never knowingly done an Armonie before but found this pretty straighforward. I was the blogger of her first Cryptic, and remarked then that I found it mostly very easy, with several Quiptic-type clues. About Fifteensquared. 00 EDT. Solving time: 1. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Not surprisingly, Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot provide a theme; despite half-expecting this I took a while to get 19dn, from which the linked clues followed easily, and generally this was not at all hard. Definitions are underlined in the clues. 7 RO UGH OR< 9 M (INNESOT) AN (tension)*A good puzzle. 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’). Newer Puzzles >>> The Guardian is one of the world’s leading English-language newspaper websites along with its sister papers, The. The people living in ZIP code 27610 are primarily black or African American. Quiptic crossword No 1,252. Other excellent clues are 31a (THORAX), 6d (DEFINITION) and 18d (HASTINGS). It’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. Excellent crossword from Morph today. Set by: Chandler Sun 18 Jun 2023 19. Excellent puzzle from Dac, as usual, solving time 14 mins * = anagram < = reversed. 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. You can access more than 15,000 crosswords and sudoku and solve puzzles online together. : 12: PRUDENT – PRUDE + N + T. Thanks Jason. (DUE PROPER)* with ‘reconstruction’ as the. a) 9A: “Shrek’s kind” to give “ogres” seems rather feeble. Thanks, Alberich. Good stuff – one of two 3 downs for me in the other downs, but lots of decent clues too. I cannot overstate how important the Torquemada/Ximenes/Azed tradition is in the history of crosswords. This took me several sessions, but I was determined not to cheat. INROAD: An &lit: (RAID ON)* with “antagonist” as the anagram indicatorA treat for me this week Oxymoron – a favourite compiler of mine for many a year. (7) BASHFUL (cryptic description of a boxer’s feelings after he has received many punches [BASHes] during a fight). 00 EST Time on your hands? Stay connected and keep in touch with your friends with our new Puzzles mobile app. Solving time, 21 mins. SNAKEBOARDS N in SAKE + BOARDS (not in Chambers). FF: 10 DD: 9A straightforward offering from Alberich today, thanks to whom for this pleasant challenge. Set by: Pasquale. The original announcement can be found here. 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