Never knowingly undersolved
As usual, a great puzzle from Dac with excellent surfaces, ingenious clue constructions and a good mix of fairly straightforward clues and some which challenged the grey matter. We found it hard to … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25918.
Inquisitor 1275 Preamble: The wordplay in each clue leads to the answer plus an extra letter. These letters, in clue order, suggest how solvers should draw six straight lines, including two for guidance, … Read more >>
I’ve always enjoyed Phssthpok’s puzzles, but I enjoyed this one a bit less. I think it was partly due to the iffy/fuzzy definitions/synonyms. I still managed to finish it, though. So thanks to … Read more >>
It is Tuesday morning, so you can never quite be sure which compiler you will have to pit your wits against, but you can be almost sure that you will have some theme … Read more >>
After an A1 superb start, the puzzle sort of fizzled out, with starts and splutters, apparently with a mini-theme of the author moving home soon. Cannot say this is Boatman’s best; but we … Read more >>
The familiar Rufus medley of anagrams and double and cryptic definitions. Some witty misdirection and the usual silky surfaces made this an entertaining puzzle for me – a couple of unusual words, but … Read more >>
I’ve not come across Alchemi before, but this seemed to be very much in the tradition of reasonably gentle Quixote Monday puzzles. There were a few where the wordplay took a bit of … Read more >>
It’s been quite a while since the last Beale Quiptic, so it took a bit of re-orientation to his style. The NE corner was last to be completed. Thanks to Beale. Definitions are … Read more >>
I haven’t blogged a Kairos puzzle before, but having had a brief look in the Fifteensquared archive I see he made his Indy debut earlier this year. I enjoyed tussling with this one, … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/everyman/3469.
Another low- to medium-strength Azed, which didn’t keep me from my Easter eggs for too long, but provided good entertainment on the way. There seems to have been a rare lapse from strict … Read more >>
I’m well into my fifth year of blogging and I’ve never before landed an Araucaria Bank Holiday Prize puzzle, and so it was with a mixture of excitement and trepidation that I looked … Read more >>
An interesting mixture from Nimrod here – a plethora of long answers – six 15-letter entries – and a smidge-ette of a theme which, unless I missed something, didn’t seem to develop into anything … As it … Read more >>
The usual excellent crossword from Phi. I took a bit longer than usual to get started, but once afloat all was well and the typically sound clueing didn’t hold me back too much. … Read more >>