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Radler's latest offering, a
terrific themed puzzle in the style of the Guardian Genius
series, will present a challenge to the best solvers. This is an example of
advanced crosswords at their best.
Gila is a blogger for the splendid
Fifteensquared site and his first (and I hope not last)
contribution here is one of those puzzles where you really
have to think about the clues before the penny fully
drops. No doing this one on autopilot! Hisashi has already contributed to this
site and his second puzzle, which has an interesting and
amusing thematic element, easily lives up to the high standard
he has set himself.
Dalibor's second puzzle
contains a theme and is every bit as challenging and elegantly
clued as his excellent debut puzzle. Rico's first puzzle here is a
little more gentle than some recent offerings, a nice fun
solve to be enjoyed by crossword enthusiasts of all abilities.
Radler is back with another fine
puzzle, which offers plenty of twists and turns to delight the
solver, as is his style.
Gervase is another promising new
setter whose delightful puzzle strikes just the right
balance between Ximenean principles and
"libertarian" fun. Sleight already has two puzzles on
here and he's back with another rewarding challenge. A
very welcome return!
Jones is a new
setter from Australia and his puzzle is another excellent
debut. There is a wide variety of clue types and the
clues are entertainingly devious yet perfectly fair to
the solver. Halcyon set a high standard with
his first puzzle and he's back with another fine offering,
full of twists and surprises to give your brain a good
work-out. abcFoxglove's debut
puzzle is a gentle and very enjoyable romp, extremely
neatly clued and the kind of puzzle that will suit those
who enjoy the puzzle in the Daily Telegraph
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Scintillator is an exciting
new setter from India who already sets puzzles for The Hindu
in his own country. This is a very worthwhile challenge. Radler already
has four excellent puzzles on here and his latest offering is
a another fine cryptic with a mini-theme. Alchemi's debut puzzle is one which will
very much appeal to those who enjoy the "libertarian" style of
clueing popularised by the Guardian. Great
fun.
The puzzle from Prolixic is a nice gentle themed
puzzle. He's new here but has good setting experience
elsewhere and this can easily be seen, especially in the
conciseness of his clues.
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 Crucifer 's puzzle is
food-orientated and also has a mini-theme. He writes the
crossword for a food magazine and deserves to achieve more
recognition in the future.
These
crosswords show that there are some excellent new
compilers around, and I wish them all luck with
their compiling careers.
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