Never knowingly undersolved
It is Tuesday today and it falls to me to bog Hob’s latest puzzle, my second opportunity to do so in the last two months. I found this a quirky and thoroughly entertaining … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://media.ft.com/cms/98819eac-0439-11e3-8aab-00144feab7de.pdf.
A fine puzzle from Pan. Full of charades, anagrams, hidden answers and insertions, with nary a cryptic or double definition in sight (well, maybe just one …) Just what a Quiptic should be. … Read more >>
Another sound as a pound Quixote Monday offering. When I’m trying to persuade friends to get beyond the ‘Oh, I can’t do cryptics’ stage and have a go, I always recommend Quixote on … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26036.
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3489. Everyman in top form, producing a couple of splendid anagrams, sparkling surfaces, the odd more complex clue structure, and even, in 16D, managing to sneak in … Read more >>
It’s the first time I’ve blogged a Commoner puzzle, although I think he has had a few published in the IoS before. I really enjoyed this one: there was some quite complicated wordplay, … Read more >>
Sitting on the dock by the bay as we speak. But in Seattle waiting for a flight to the San Juans. Where I will have no internet access. Fairly easy standard fare from … Read more >>
Enigmatist puzzles are rather few and far between these days, so this was a welcome return to the prize slot. On the whole, I didn’t find it quite so tortuous as his puzzles … Read more >>
The rota has given me a second Bannsider Saturday Prize puzzle in a row and, while not quite as intractable as Indy 8345, it was another tough mental workout…as one might expect. No particular themes … Read more >>
An extraordinarily small crossword from Phi today — just 22 clues — no easier than usual, but just as good. There were some hardly-known words and plenty of recourse to the dictionary, but even this … Read more >>
Some ingenious clues here Across 1 STRAIGHT MAN feed STRAIGHT (regular) MAN (soldier) 7 MAP plan A in MP (politician) 9 KNIGHT chessman – sounds like NIGHT (dark) 10 … Read more >>
This was somewhat different – could maybe be another compiler – devices such as subtractive anagram at 3d not seen here before – and 9d ….. Across 5 Strained … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26034.
So this week’s fare comprises 12 unclued symmetrical placed entries around the perimeter and 6 clues without definitions (with the word play missing the letter that intersects the perimeter) – otherwise a straight crossword – so … Read more >>