Never knowingly undersolved
Don’t know what’s happened to the expected blogger yesterday, but seeing as it still hasn’t appeared today, as I’m often in as the standby blogger, here’s my take on it. Nothing overly tricky … Read more >>
After an interesting and challenging week of puzzles we are back to rather more standard territory today. This is very much in Chifonie’s style, with a lot of charades (ten of them) and … Read more >>
Fair fare from Falcon Across 1 EMPIRE change first letter from UMPIRE (judge) 4 DARINGLY (with boldness) RING (jewellery) in (LADY)* 9 ERNST Max (artist) N (name) in ERST (long … Read more >>
Today’s offering from Phi was good solid national daily crossword fare. I cannot see any theme nor can I see any hidden message in the grid. There were a couple … Read more >>
A good crossword from Monk today. I don’t know if I’m getting better at his crosswords (doubtful really) or if he’s becoming a bit kinder. Certainly there used to be a time when … Read more >>
Was slightly underwhelmed by a straightforward start full of anagrams and hidden clues, then worked out the theme and smiled through the rest of the puzzle. Favourite clues 26ac and 20dn. Not too … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Jul 13 Another elegantly clued puzzle by Crux which, in case one still wants to give it a go, can be found here. While there was nothing too difficult, I really … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 21, 2012 Some people may not be thrilled but I was happy to come across a Cinephile puzzle for the first time in a while. … Read more >>
A difficult but very rewarding puzzle. Monk at his best. I really enjoyed this, a good stiff challenge. I did go astray a couple of times. Having spotted X, Y and Z etc … Read more >>
Our turn for another Dac to blog so no complaints about the surface reading of the clues! A good solid enjoyable puzzle as far as we were concerned with a touch of nostalgia … Read more >>
Boatman can come up with some tough puzzles; I found this one easier than some of his, but by no means a pushover.
Four members of a thematic group can be identified in the completed grid by amending the contents of one unchecked cell in each of four entries, one of which so it contains two … Read more >>