Never knowingly undersolved
The usual software tool I use to blog is down today so please bear with me on this one. Also apologies for the late post, as I was traveling and solved this in-flight. Not sure how this will turn out in the blog so do ignore any formatting issues too.
Maybe I get excited too easily but I absolutely enjoyed this delightful Chalmie teaser from start to finish, with hardly any clue that didnt make me go “Awesome!!”.
An enjoyable and reasonably straightforward puzzle, though I made things harder for myself by careless entering a couple of vaguely-plausible but wrong answers early on. Thanks to Crucible There’s a theme of weather … Read more >>
Phi-day again and, despite some unusual words, we found this an enjoyable and fairly straightforward challenge. There is a Shakespearean Nina round three sides of the perimeter, and one or two theatrical references … Read more >>
I have had few opportunities to solve and blog puzzles compiled by Alchemi so far, so I was rather looking forward to this, despite having to rely on a less than optimum internet … Read more >>
An enjoyable one from Nutmeg, and a pangram no less. Thanks to Nutmeg. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Model soldier briefly lost (7) PARAGON : PARA(short for “paratrooper”;a soldier) + “gone”(lost) … Read more >>
A crossword that taught us a couple of things and made us smile, Thank you, Hamilton.
Monday Prize Crossword / Mar 16, 2015
Calling this crossword a write-in may sound patronising towards some solvers but I am afraid I found this – for 95% – a very easy puzzle.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 14, 2015 Welcome back Rosa! Good to see you here again. And with a puzzle as clever and as challenging as usual with a few … Read more >>
Another quality puzzle from Monk, a bit more accessible than his usual fare I thought (though still not easy!). Thanks Monk
There was only one entry in today’s puzzle that was a word I didn’t recognise. I don’t think I’ve come across DARKLING (7 down) before. but the wordplay was fairly … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26528.
The preamble to this puzzle by Poat stated "Seven clues consist of wordplay only, and lead to performers known for works that may be linked thematically; in each case, an allusion to part … Read more >>
Anagrams aplenty
A medium-difficulty puzzle from Hob today; indeed for a Tuesday this was perhaps a quite easy one. Apart from my very minor quibble in 23dn the clues are good, particularly 16ac, 6dn, 11dn and 14dn. Basil Fawlty told the American in ‘Waldorf Salad’ that he was always talking about bottoms; in the same vein I might say that there is rather a lot of sex here.
A Tuesday treat from one of my top favourite setters, brimming with a variety of the usual top-quality clues with great surfaces. I thought it was relatively straightforward – but Picaroon’s puzzles worryingly … Read more >>