Never knowingly undersolved
Dac’s strength lies in his very subtle misdirection through the surface reading of his clues. The wordplay in Dac’s clues is very rarely complex although there were a couple of … Read more >>
The sight of the name Schadenfreude tends to strike fear into the mind of a blogger when he or she first sees it as the setter of puzzle to be blogged, but there is … Read more >>
Anax usually appears on Saturdays in the Independent, or so it seems, but he has put in a welcome weekday appearance today. This is the usual excellent production (I would say that wouldn’t I, since he may well be at the S&B later today; but of course it’s true). It wasn’t at all easy, but Anax seldom is; I think I’ve just about understood everything, but there are one or two slightly dodgy parsings which I trust will be explained properly by someone.
Definitions underlined.
As is usually the case with Pasquale, in his various guises, some less than familiar (at least for me) words in the grid which needed dictionary confirmation after working out the wordplay. Across … Read more >>
A real mixed bag from Sayang.
An entertaining and teasing challenge from my favourite Manchester City fan and guinea pig fancier.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water … … and that we were all done and dusted with the 2015 election, along comes Knut with a … Read more >>
Th puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26574.
Some difficult wordplays to decode (e.g. 15A, 22D) with a typical rate of Big Red Book consultations. About medium for an Azed I’d say. Still would like some enlightenment below. Enlightenment provided by Norman and Sidey (thanks!)
A good and very enjoyable Sunday puzzle that I found trickier than usual. I think that the general level of difficulty of the IoS has gone up over the time I have been blogging it. I wonder if this is editorial policy or just random variation? Possibly just a natural decline in my faculties.
A slightly hasty post this week, while I rush to get everything in place before going abroad. Still, I think everything was quite clear. A good challenge though, with the top left corner … Read more >>
For those that haven’t picked up on it yet, the last puzzle from ‘Everyman’ was a few weeks ago: 3573, which had a ‘farewell’ theme and which Peter O blogged. Allan Scott, having … Read more >>
The usual eclectic mix from Paul.
Enjoyable – and topical? – fare from Morph for this week’s Prize puzzle… At the end of a 9A TUMULT-uous week in British politics, there seemed to be subliminal references all over this. … Read more >>
To paraphrase the Monty Python ‘Australian Wine’ sketch (and I may have done this before, so apologies in advance): ‘…this is not a crossword for solving, this is a crossword for laying down … Read more >>