Never knowingly undersolved
First up, a big “Thank you!” to Gaufrid, for covering for me these past few weeks when I was away on vacation.
Mudd’s puzzle today was a pleasant solve, themed around Scotland. The reason I suspect is Halloween (31st October) got its name from the Scottish song, “All Hallows’ Eve”, sometime around 1745.
I was rather surprised to see that Morph was occupying the Friday spot this week. I suppose that I should immediately have asked myself if there was something about this puzzle, appearing on … Read more >>
An enjoyable, fairly straightforward solve with a nice theme (with little extra parallels across some of the thematic clues, e.g. 10ac/20ac, 2dn/16dn and 13dn/27 dn.) Favourites were 13ac and 19d.
Artexlen always seems to give me trouble, and this morning’s puzzle – in the nicest possible way – was no exception.
Donk’s puzzle are always a challenge and frequently attract praise from solvers There is clearly flair in the cluing of today’s puzzle with a significant need for lateral thinking [e.g. 1 … Read more >>
After yesterday’s strenuous tussle with Enigmatist, this was relatively a walk in the park, but with lots to enjoy, including several nice bits of &littish-ness. Thanks to Paul for the entertainment. … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 20 Pretty much standard fare from Dante. Quite a few anagram-based clued and at one point four double definitions in a row! But some really nice ones too (e.g. 13ac … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 18, 2014 This was a quick and easy solve for me. My top clues are 25a (MERGANSER) and 5d (WHISTLE-BLOWER). ACROSS 1 Exact time to … Read more >>
Last Saturday’s marvellous York meeting was not just about beer, wine and cider. Or Wein Weib und Gesang as it was called centuries ago. The incomparable John Henderson gave us a lecture in … Read more >>
For anyone who wasn’t there last Saturday at the brilliant S&B event in York (and for the ones that lost their hard-copy of this puzzle), Windsurfer’s contribution can be found here: Windsurfer @ York. … Read more >>
Dalibor gave us a different kind of cryptic, one more closely related to barred puzzles. Anyone still wanting to tackle this puzzle can find it here: Dalibor @ York. So don’t read any … Read more >>
Great puzzle from Monk. The last couple of puzzles I blogged from Monk had some easier sections and I was beginning to wonder if Monk was mellowing a little.
I have been asked to sound out opinion as to the feasibility of having a get-together of solvers in Australia, similar to the S&B gatherings that we have here in the UK, sometime … Read more >>
Enigmatist told me he was on today at the weekend, so I’ve had a few days to dread this.
Quixote’s usual very satisfactory and sound crossword, a good replacement when there is no Dac on a Wednesday.
Definitions (apart from in 1ac, which I’m not sure about) underlined. [I wasn’t sure about it, but I am now, so the definition is underlined]