Never knowingly undersolved
This is Lohengrin’s first appearance in the Indy; he has had one puzzle published in the Independent on Sunday, which it also fell to me to blog. I found this a bit clunky, … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26700.
Cyclops is on a run of quite tough Eye crosswords lately. This is another that took me a fair while to solve. I had more than half the grid filled on the first pass, … Read more >>
I enjoyed this one, my only gripe being that it was over far too quickly. One thing that struck me, particularly whilst writing this post, was the smoothness and relevance of some of the … 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.) Thanks Hypnos for an enjoyable, the … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) Thanks Hypnos for an enjoyable, the last few bits giving a bit of pause. … Read more >>
There were several hidden word clues in here and one or two straightforward anagrams. These got me off to a flying start but once the the ‘gifts’ had petered out I stuggled. Quite hard I thought. Thanks Azed.
For consecutive blogs – a tussle with Nimrod for me! An for consecutive blogs a tribute to a recently departed comic actor. Again the clues and grid are littered with references to the … Read more >>
A good test from Picaroon, we thought – probably a bit above average in difficulty, particularly for a few obscurities. The three that were new to us were LEMAN, OERSTED and AVESTAN, but … Read more >>
I stand to be corrected, but I think this is Kcit’s 50th Enigmatic Variations crossword, the first being no. 29, Layettes back in 1993. That’s some feat, especially since, under his other pseudonym, … Read more >>
Eileen is still without internet access so I get a chance to cover a Guardian cryptic for a change. Not too many hold-ups once I realised that 28ac wasn’t ‘turning’ but I was … Read more >>
It’s another Friday, and another Phi-day. We found the last two entries quite tricky and had to use a word search as time was pressing on. We’d never heard of 17d before although … Read more >>
Greetings from the San Francisco Airport. A relatively straightforward challenge from Peto with a workable-mix of uncommon parsings that kept the interest well alive. Had to confirm the deconstruction for a couple of solutions on google but otherwise a pleasant warm-up kind of puzzle.
Very straightforwardly clued, but with a nice sting in the tail. Nice one, Chalmie.