The Nation Cryptic Crossword Forum

Solutions and comments on the weekly cryptic crossword puzzles set by Joshua Kosman (Trazom) and Henri Picciotto (Hot), published in The Nation magazine. Also weekly links to other cryptic and variety crosswords including solutions to New York Times cryptic, diagramless, and puns & anagrams puzzles.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Welcome, Richard Maltby fans

By popular demand, I'm opening up a thread for comments on the Richard Maltby cryptic titled "Hidden Meanings" in the October...

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Good old paper... (Puzzle No. 3,251)

I got the paper copy of the September 24 Nation today, so now we have number 3,251. And it's a fun one: notice the first letters of eac...

Anyone for seconds? (Sunday brunch: September 16, 2012)

What do you do when the person who was supposed to serve you is out sick, and brunch isn't served? Open up a box of pop tarts ! The ful...

Thursday, September 13, 2012

We're back! (Puzzle No. 3,252)

The technical glitch at thenation.com seems to have been a one-week thing, and the puzzle is back where it belongs this week. A double brun...

Friday, September 7, 2012

We are experiencing technical difficulties. Please stand by.

There's a broken link at The Nation, so this week's puzzle is not available yet. Keep watching this space. Update 9/13: The link ...

Four by two

While you're waiting for this week's puzzle (technical problems over at thenation.com), have a crack at 7d from FT 14,097 set by Gu...

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Individual Medley (Sunday brunch: September 2, 2012)

If you count the puzzle from The Nation, we have an individual medley for puzzlers this week. The first leg, butterfly, is Hot and Trazom...

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