Never knowingly undersolved
Nick: A very tough ‘Misprints’ puzzle, I thought – it took me about 7 hours of solving. I found this very hard going on the brain (but enjoyable), as not only did you … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning to you all. I genuinely thought I would struggle with this weeks puzzle but once I got up and going I surprised myself and thoroughly enjoyed solving it. 🙂 So many … Read more >>
Thinking back, I’m not certain that I’ve ever actually managed to finish off a Monk puzzle, so no surprises that this was a bit of a slog. I can’t add much other than, … Read more >>
A very fine puzzle indeed from Bonxie, and not easy at all. The theme is Scottish Islands, each being missed from the subsidiary part of the clue (except for 6ac which would have … Read more >>
When I was solving this puzzle, I wasn’t sure whether it was my turn to blog or not. I was happy to find out that it was, since I found it a lovely diversion: a pleasant decoration of time, as I think someone* said of music.
Themed puzzle which is not fully explained – I need help please to provide a full explanation and as to why today is key The themed SciFi movies … Read more >>
Well, you can’t go wrong with Arachne, as shown by her Quiptic on Monday this week, and now this cryptic. I got a few answers very quickly, and thought it was going to … Read more >>
This didn’t strike me as a standard Phi puzzle today. There seemed to me to be more obscure words today than one would normally find in a Phi puzzle. My … Read more >>
There I was when I found a word repeated in the answers thinking that Eimi had been a bit repetitive, and quite failing to realise that today has a special meaning (although, to … Read more >>
Clever, witty and enjoyable Across 1 SHIPPING transport – sounds like SIPPING (after a few) 5 SPLASH much rain ALPS< (mountains to the west) SH[owers] 10 EVADE skirt round … Read more >>
A Valentine’s crossword with a few well-worked mini-themes and lots of clever cluing – I particularly liked 13ac, 20ac/16dn, 25ac and 5dn/22dn. Groaned aloud at 19dn. Across 7 SAMOVAR =”Urn” [wiki] I think … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Feb 4 A very satisfying crossword by Crux who is one of my favourite setters at the easier end of the FT’s spectrum (but only when he keeps the number of cds to a minimum … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 2nd, 2013 This is a typical Cinephile puzzle with looseness and liberties taken in a few clues that some people may object to but, for … Read more >>
With Aardvark I find getting the solutions easy but the explanations why more difficult. Today I am completely stuck on 9dn, can anyone help? Possibly I have a mistake in 10 across? Across 1 … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle as expected from Dac. Lovely surface readings and some clever misdirections. Joyce liked 2d and thought it could be the Clue of the Month but it was certainly our COD. … Read more >>