Never knowingly undersolved
Thank you, Phil Ashling for filling in so admirably for me last Tuesday when I was among 1,500 having a celebration lunch in a remote village in Fujian, China. We, all surnamed Yap, … Read more >>
This was a delightful way to start the week. We don’t think we have done a Pan puzzle before but we will keep an eye out from now on. The surface reading of … Read more >>
A fairly typical Rufus mix of anagrams and double and cryptic definitions, with the usual silky-smooth surfaces, mostly straightforward, which is no bad thing at this busy time, with a couple of [for … Read more >>
Punk on the oche again for the Monday offering. I did enjoy this one: some folk might think the setter’s taken one or two liberties, but I like the fact that there is … Read more >>
It’s the festive season again (it doesn’t seem that long since the last one!) and time for me to offer my thanks to many people. Firstly, to all those who gave a donation … Read more >>
Only a week since the last blog, I know — but this one has a submission deadline only three days after the publication date (though of course, many of us buy the Eye … Read more >>
A couple of things that might be unfamiliar, but mostly the usual precise clues.
Congratulations to whoever won the prize for this offering from Poins. I thought this was one of the toughest IoS puzzles we’ve had in a while. That could just be me having a … Read more >>
I solved this early in the week… but forgot to write up my notes until early this morning. So I’m regressing to the mean: after a reasonably long spell of decoding all of … Read more >>
Well – we really made a mess of this one! Joyce takes full responsibility as Bert was busy earning money!! We only have access to an ipad at present so we may not … Read more >>
A quick skim through the clues made me think I might not enjoy this theme much, because I didn’t expect to know some of the answers. ‘North American food’ didn’t sound like my … Read more >>
Apologies for the late posting, and the brevity – I am about to have minor surgery. Across 1. Very cold parrot starting a course of action (6) POLICY A charade of POL[ly] (‘parrot … Read more >>
My apologies. I quite forgot that it was my day to blog and there I was blithely listening to the test match and suddenly remembering at 10.30. Then, to make things worse, a … Read more >>
Tricky – 23 across still not resolved Across 9 INSTRUMENTALIST one who plays IN at home STRU[t] swagger MENTALIST mind reader? 10 ALIGN co-ordinate sounds like A LINE (12 … Read more >>
Plenty to test your wits in here Across 1 Defender found round rear of park changed opinion BACKTRACKED BACK defender [par]K in TRACED found 12 Sick sailor aboard naval … Read more >>