Never knowingly undersolved
When I agreed to stand in for Ringo today I was hoping for a puzzle that I could get my teeth into, perhaps a Monk or an Io. It turned out to be … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26296. It seemed at first that this was going to be Paul at his easiest – I started at the top a I usually do, and the first … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Jun 16 Some Falcon puzzles are easier than others and this one surely was. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across 1 WATER MUSIC Novel collection of orchestral movements (5,5) … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 14, 2014 What a welcome new setter Rosa Klebb is in this space. Her puzzle this time was challenging and satisfying with a number of … Read more >>
A super puzzle from Redshank with lots of very good clues to tick.
A combination of some very straightforward clues [eg 5ac, 16ac, 24ac, 4dn], a number of anagrams, including two excellent ones, and, unusually for Pasquale, only one word, I think, that could be called … Read more >>
Unusually, Quixote is occupying the Wednesday slot, where I was expecting to find Crosophile, it being the last Wednesday of the month. I found this a fairly straightforward solve, which never goes amiss … Read more >>
A glance at the grid, and I expected an alphabetical jigsaw, but the rubric told us otherwise: Clues are presented in normal order, across followed by down, but six entries forming most of … Read more >>
Slightly on the easier side for a Shed, but lots of fun. I particularly liked 8 and 10ac, 11ac, 17ac, 23a and 4dn.
Radian has taken me down memory lane today. As someone who spent all my working life in Government Land Survey organisations with the final twenty-six years at 14 25, today’s crossword … Read more >>
This was a gentle teasing puzzle, perfect for a weekday without anything too complicated. Being unfamiliar with the language, I had to verify the two French words after I got the answers. Thank you Courtier for the fun and games
Due to the late appearance of this puzzle on-line we have a change to the scheduled blogger. I was rather surprised to see Tees on a Monday but also pleased, particularly as I … Read more >>
I found this a bit harder than usual for a Rufus, with the large helping of cryptic definitions causing some of the difficulty. On the other hand the non-CDs were generally straightforward and … Read more >>
Nutmeg continues to set the Quiptic, although she is now a regular compiler of the Guardian cryptic as well. It took me as long to do the NE corner of this puzzle as … Read more >>
Solving proceeded at a pace … Several answers entered on first reading, thus I had more than half the grid filled at “first pass” (all clues attempted). Another pass left me with just … Read more >>