Never knowingly undersolved
A 10×15 grid for this week’s offering from Gila. (So the two side by side grids with the solution to #1390 fitted neatly underneath.) Preamble: Mistakes appear in twenty-three clues in the … Read more >>
I always enjoy Imogen’s puzzles but I was rather alarmed, since I was blogging this one, not to have entered a single across clue on the first pass. However, 1dn got me started … Read more >>
What a great puzzle from Knut today – many thanks for the fun. This is a really ingenious construction with many references in both the clues and the entries to the Greek … Read more >>
Thanks Neo, for an enjoyable, not too hard (including the long answers) puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Engaged with number due at ground made less (10) ATTENUATED : AT(engaged with, … Read more >>
Goodness, it’s many a moon since we last saw a Quiptic from Beale. Perhaps the editor was tidying out his filing cabinet and found this one at the back. I found it hard. … Read more >>
() = abbreviation e.g. a(mpere) hom = homophone [] = letters removed Vigo seems to be a new compiler and this was a good candidate for a gentle Monday puzzle. There was nothing … Read more >>
Quick, neat, and fun from Rufus today. My favourites were 15ac and 20ac.
Huge apologies for the laptop failure and consequent lateness. Back in my office now, with what I hope is a reliable computer, trying to get this finished as quickly as possible. So it … Read more >>
Last time I blogged here I said Everyman was getting easier…
I’ll admit to something of a double take on seeing Monk’s name appear when opening this week’s puzzle via Crossword Solver. So much so that, it being a rare week where I’d not … Read more >>
Will the real Beelzebub please come back! This was far too easy and took no longer than a typical weekday cryptic. There were too many write-ins (for me), so much so that by … Read more >>
The preamble states that: Each clue contains a one word surplus to requirements. The initial letters of these words, in clue order spell out a group, followed by the title of one of … Read more >>
A plain Azed this week with plenty of evidence of Azed lovingly lifting the most obscure definitions out of Chambers dictionary There is one clue that I can’t parse – … Read more >>
Super puzzle from Puck. I found this to be one of those puzzles in which the clues are hard until one solves them, when suddenly they seem to be quite easy. Thanks Puck.
Something very fishy about this crossword. Very fishy indeed. I think we should call in the Feds to find out what’s going on because it looks like someone has ended up sleeping with the … Read more >>