Never knowingly undersolved
26 misprints in the definition spelling out 3 evvents and 25ac to deduce followed by a rearrangement of one answer to get a fourth event. Sounds like fun. It took a whle to … Read more >>
I write this as an atrocity unfolds in Paris. Sometimes there are more important things in life than crosswords. So this week’s report is brief I did enjoy this puzzle with some typically … Read more >>
What a super puzzle! – and one most worthy of the Prize slot. I found it a challenge but an absorbing one – I was never completely stuck and the clues unravelled at a very … Read more >>
Looking back – it’s a long time since I blogged an Otterden puzzle – I find I’m once again going to echo the opening words of Andrew’s preamble to the most recent puzzle: … Read more >>
This was I thought one of Phi’s harder crosswords. The simplicity of the parsing in many cases doesn’t reflect the ease of solving.
But as always and as we have come to expect he has set a fair challenge full of good clues.
A neat pleasant challenge from Falcon today. Generally easy with a dash of inventive cluing that kept me away from a complete solve just a tad longer. I did learn a couple of new meanings to words that I already did know. Thanks Falcon, for a good workout today.
This is the third Knut puzzle that we have blogged. We have enjoyed the others with their topical themes but for some reason or other this did not hit the spot today. Maybe … Read more >>
Lots of well-clued fun from Qaos today…
Nice and straightforward. Thanks, Sleuth.
Monday Prize Crossword / Nov 2, 2015
On the day that the Guardian had a Rufus-less Monday, the FT gave us a typical puzzle from his alter ego.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 31, 2015
Dac’s latest puzzle lay in store for us this Wednesday morning, as expected. I found this to be par for the course in terms of difficulty for a Dac puzzle, with two thirds … Read more >>
I have not blogged a Sayang puzzle before. I enjoyed this.
I rattled through most of this pretty quickly, helped by a lot of anagrams and some other rather obvious clues. I have a nagging worry that I’m missing a theme here, but I … Read more >>
Possibly the best Inquisitor puzzle ever? Certainly one of my favourites! Thanks to Charybdis for hours of fun. Difficulty level was just right for me, and the denouement, just stunning! It made me … Read more >>