Never knowingly undersolved
A prodigious amount of thematic material has been skilfully shoe-horned into this commemorative puzzle. This appears to be Gaff’s debut (oh go on then, inaugural!) appearance in the FT although I wouldn’t completely … Read more >>
A very mixed bag. Lots of simple anagrams, with various anagrinds, some more satisfactory than others. Most of the rest are equally simple constructions, so that the puzzle starts to shape up as … Read more >>
My face fell when up came the name Nimrod. He is just terribly difficult. I can’t quite see why, because in most cases the clues can easily be explained; in fact they are … Read more >>
My first prize puzzle blog — I hope someone reads it! Dante is a regular in this space, and he provides his usual collection of dd’s and cd’s. There were two excellent examples … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 8 Cinephile gives us a few fine clues here, 1-18A (STANDING OVATION), 10A (DISARM) and 1D (SUPINE). And a couple of unconventional clues that I … Read more >>