Never knowingly undersolved
A surprisingly straightforward puzzle from Shed, with some very basic clues that wouldn’t be out of place in the Quiptic. Still, there were a couple of slightly unusual words to delay things slightly, … Read more >>
Ringo is away enjoying a holiday (at least I hope he is enjoying it) so I’m afraid you will have to put up with me today. A straightforward puzzle with nothing contentious though … Read more >>
Tees is a regular contributor the Independent daily puzzle series. I usually enjoy his offerings and today was no exception. Although I enjoyed the puzzle, I don’t think it was … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 26 Look at that – a Dante crossword with only one cryptic definition! That clue, at 23ac and my last one in, was situated in the SW of the grid … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 24, 2013 I found this puzzle a doddle except for some bits of the top-left quadrant. Clues 2, 3 and 9 all took me a … Read more >>
O me miserum! Mea culpa and de gustibus non est disputandum! Late again! My apologies to Kruger and to all 15^2 readers. I hereby pledge that if another blog is late then I will donate £20 to some good cause or other. But for now, on with the blog!
I don’t think I have blogged Wanderer before. I thought this was a super puzzle with too many good clues to pick a clear favourite. Thank you Wanderer. My only complaint (niggle really) … Read more >>
What can one say? As we get on most Wednesdays, a perfectly-formed creation. The structure of the clues is always deceptively simple, which leaves little room for argument. There are one or two here … Read more >>
Gosh is it my turn already? Doing the Guardian blog still feels a little strange. Not done many if any Qaos crosswords before and found most of this quite easy but there’s a … Read more >>
After 3 or 4 puzzles towards the easy end of the spectrum, I was expecting something fierce, to spill over into Monday’s public holiday (‘UK – not Scotland’). The rubric was brief & … Read more >>
An enjoyable challenge Across 1 STEADIED made stable (I SEDATED)* 6 SCREAM funny man S (old shilling) CREAM (very best) 9 DIRECT order (CREDIT)* 10 FANCY MAN lover FANCY … Read more >>
We hadn’t realised until we checked that it is over a year since we blogged a Raich puzzle. This was good fun and when we started finding double and then treble instances of … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26043. If there is anything going on under the surface, I cannot spot it, nor is it required to add further sparkle to a fine set of … Read more >>
I think Rufus provides his own description of this Monday puzzle in the clue for 27ac, so no more comment here! Across 1 Perhaps he’s right to gamble and drink (7) SHERBET Anagram … Read more >>
It’s a Quiptic, Jim, but not as we know it … At least that’s what I thought, but you will no doubt put me right. It’s a generally sound puzzle throughout from Nutmeg, … Read more >>