Never knowingly undersolved
As expected, today saw my monthly tussle with Phi. I found this one quite tough, not least, I feel, because of the high frequency of 4-letter entries. I solved clues steadily but didn’t … Read more >>
An excellent challenge from MUDD today! Several fantastic clues peppered all over the grid and a real treat for someone wanting to bite into tantalizing cryptic crosswords.
A good puzzle for tyros but not enough grey cell exercise for this solver as it required only one pass through the clues in order to complete the grid. . Across 1 Deficit … Read more >>
Scchua is away celebrating the Chinese new year so you’ve got me you lucky chaps & chapesses
A good work out from Crosophile today. This puzzle was one for the horticulturalists with its homage to GARDENERS QUESTION TIME (29 across, 17 across and 25 down). The programme … Read more >>
I was half expecting to see Dante today with his customary double/cryptic definitions and anagrams but instead we have Crux with much of the same. A gentle start to the week with plenty … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 7, 2015 I found this a fairly easy puzzle with no obscure words or unknown references. My clue of the week is, unusually, a hidden-word … Read more >>
What new is there to say about Dac? Every clue tells a little story. I have misgivings about ‘provided’ as an anagram indicator in 4dn, and I suspect that there might be a typo in 12dn, since my suggestion is so simple that I can’t see why Dac didn’t do it that way (although now that I look more closely he may be right all along, the two words necessitating a verb without s; not sure about this — perhaps someone who knows about these things could drop in and tell us); but a small price to pay for a day of Dac.
Definitions underlined.
An enjoyable puzzle that I thought had an ‘old fashioned’ feel to it (not a criticism, just an observation). Thanks Hamilton.
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26498.
Haven’t seen a puzzle from Nudd in quite a while – none in 2014. Preamble: Wordplay in thirty-six clues serves up an extra letter to be taken away before entry. These letters … Read more >>
It’s very good to see a Brendan puzzle again, relatively soon after his welcome return. As I solved this, I felt that he was being rather gentle with us: many of the clues … Read more >>
Firstly, many thanks to Gaufrid, who has been standing in for us while we were away. Hob definitely gave us the run-around today. It took us longer than normal to complete the puzzle … Read more >>
(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) A straightforward puzzle, except for a … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) A straightforward puzzle, except for a couple of minor niggles. Thanks to Armonie. Definitions … Read more >>