Never knowingly undersolved
A slightly more difficult offering than usual this week from Everyman, at least in a couple of clues. Even so, great fun, and the welcome chance to look up one of my favourite … Read more >>
I found this quite a tough puzzle from Poins, but I didn’t help myself by initially entering a couple of wrong answers. That could be because I decided to tackle it with a … Read more >>
A fairly straightforward Azed — relatively speaking. The usual frequent excursions to the BRB. But must be said, Azed is rarely if ever unfair and this is no exception. Across 1 S(LACK … Read more >>
In one of the crossword blog sites I was reading last week I came across a comment from someone who said they enjoyed a specific crossword because the clues had ‘no triple lutz reversed … Read more >>
I found this an enjoyable little number. A certain amount of cold solving required for the thematic clues, but it was helpful that they were listed in alphabetical order. No word lengths given, … Read more >>
As always, I was pleased to see Araucaria’s name on the Saturday Prize puzzle but was rather disappointed at how quickly I finished it – I like to savour these weekend ones. There … Read more >>
I found this tough going; either I am not on Boatman’s wavelength today, or he is committing some remarkably loose constructions. Still, there is much to like in the puzzle. Any shortcomings in the blog are the result of spending most of my time unravelling the wordplay in 1A!
I enjoyed the light, elegant touch of Falcon in this offering. Straightforward except the bottom-right for me due to a couple of unfamiliar words, which I’m happy to have learnt. Across 1 WOLVERINE … Read more >>
Phi has as usual produced a very pleasing crossword, perhaps on the easier side — at any rate I found it to be so, although whether or not a crossword is easy seems … Read more >>
Having done so many Araucarian puzzles (I’ve mentioned before that I cut my crytic crossword teeth on his Monkey Puzzles), this is the first time, I’m blogging one. And it’s typically Araucarian, a … Read more >>
Is the FT getting harder, or am I getting stupider? That’s a rhetorical question. Took me a while to work through this lovely puzzle from the Don, which touches on ornithology, pharmacology, philosophy … Read more >>
Anarche has stopped running dressed as a bottle for charity for long enough to weave more trickery for the unwary, indeed there’s at least one I just can’t see the wordplay to. I … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 10 A gentle puzzle from Mr Natural. 🙂 Nothing to worry about, just a nice starter of the week. Some familiar words (like CHAIRMAN which was similarly clued in the Guardian … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 8 Here we have another splendid Cincinnus job. For me it was a remarkably easy one — I dashed it off in about 20 minutes. … Read more >>
I was not expecting to see Dogberry today as it is only a month since his last appearance and normally he only turns up about once every three months. However, I’m not complaining. … Read more >>