Never knowingly undersolved
Not exactly a gentle start to the week that we have come to expect. A delightful puzzle, with a couple of answers I found tricky to parse. Thanks to Brendan for the entertainment. … Read more >>
Sorry about the late posting — I did the puzzle a while ago and had plans to complete the blog yesterday, but a migraine rather inconveniently intervened. Another fairly quick solve for me, … Read more >>
The usual well-constructed puzzle from Quixote. There was nothing very controversial – maybe a couple of slightly unusual words in 21 and 4, but they were easy enough to work out from the … Read more >>
A Quiptic from Moley that is clearly aimed at the target audience, but which I found a bit clunky in places, with some unconvincing cluing at times. Perhaps I’m being a bit unfair. … Read more >>
Another good Sunday puzzle from Hypnos, with a range of difficulties, though nothing overly troublesome. 10ac and 11ac put up a bit of a fight for me, though in retrospect they seem perfectly … Read more >>
Post number 350 for me, and a tough week indeed. I made a very quick start, but ground to a halt with about a dozen entries down. Even taking Beelzebub to the pub … Read more >>
Lorraine & Nick: Nick this week folks, Lorraine’s new job involves 12 hours a day (now the summer is here), so she didn’t get the time (also too tired) to do the puzzle this … Read more >>
This was a standard plain crossword from Azed with the usual mix of precise cluing and unfamiliar words. Often when I blog an Azed puzzle there are a few clues … Read more >>
Great stuff, I enjoyed this very much. It took a long time for the instructions to make sense but in retrospect they are quite clear, so no excuse for not getting it first … Read more >>
A bonus blog for me – covering for Bert & Joyce, who are no doubt on some well-earned R&R… An interesting and enjoyable challenge from Punk this week. No obvious theme or Nina … Read more >>
My house is, indeed, empty as I write these few lines, as is my stomach. My diary is empty, as exams very recents came to an end. Apparently, most empty of all is my head, since I can’t think of any more appropriate introduction to this enjoyable puzzle.
A fairly tough but fair and enjoyable puzzle from Pasquale, in which I enjoyed some nice anagrams, and learned a couple of new words and the original version of (what I thought was) … Read more >>
Agreeable work out this morning Across 1 MISLAY lose M (mobile) ISLAY (Hebridean island) 4 RING PULL can-opener RING (phone) PULL (row boat) 10 ROOSEVELT former president (VOTE LOSER)* … Read more >>
For the first time in three weeks I get to blog a puzzle without a classical or modern music theme. This puzzle by Phi is simply a good example of what a national … Read more >>
When I saw who was the setter my fear was that I was going to have to bite my tongue and go along with some of Donk’s less Ximenean ways, but so far as … Read more >>