Never knowingly undersolved
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Math is another setter whose puzzles I’ve never happened to blog before. I found this one inventive, and quite challenging in places. There’s a couple … Read more >>
Solving time: about an hour, mixed with TV watching (ironically …) This is the third Tyrus puzzle I’ve tried in the Indie and the first I’ve finished unaided, but I still found it … Read more >>
Fairly straightforward. You might even say it’s a complete state! Across 7 APPRAISAL: (RA (arist) + IS) in APPAL 8 NIPPY: double definition 9 DRESS CODE: (S (Scotland) + CO (Cobalt)) in DRESDE(n) … Read more >>
Solving time, 16 mins * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 B(L)OG 3 AP PETITE pa< 8 DE C ODES ed< 10 (win)TER MINI 11 SUNDAY LUNCH (Lucy had nuns)* 14 (b)ARMY … Read more >>
Slim-pickings for the anagram fiends from Mudd today, but a liberal smattering of compounds and double definitions. Across1 DECOCT – Dec + Oct.4 SPIFFING – s + piff[l]ing.9 MONKEY – Mon (three calendar … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 2 A good challenge from Mudd. 18D took me a while. And I do not understand the wordplay in 21A. Across 1. MAIDEN – AID … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword on 4 May 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>