Never knowingly undersolved
This is Phi’s final Friday puzzle before Christmas so there might be a message in it. One of Phi’s more obvious messages today albeit in foreign languages (unless you speak … Read more >>
An easy (mostly!) offering from Orense, thanks to whom for bringing the work week to a gentle close for FT solvers. Smooth cluing with just that little bit of annoyingly frustrating clues that kept me away from a speeder finish.
Klingsor always produces good crosswords and this is no exception. A whole lot of well-crafted clues and a difficulty level set (unwittingly perhaps) just high enough but not impossibly high.
I don’t think Klingsor does themes. Perhaps he does, and I’ll look silly for missing something obvious.
Definitions underlined.
Straightforward, but very satisfying.
Lots of clever tricks from Vlad today, but quite a mixed bag in both difficulty and enjoyment for me. I really liked 17ac, 6dn and 7dn.
At first I did not notice the special instructions, which resulted in some very puzzling defintiions. All became clear in the end. Thank you Chalmie.
Another Wednesday, another excellent Dac. We love Dac’s puzzles, but are always stuck for anything to say about them as there never seems to be anything to criticise or query. We are really … Read more >>
A typically high-quality puzzle from Picaroon today, with no theme (as far as I can see at this time in the morning) though a lot of reversals in the clues. Thanks to Picaroon … Read more >>
Preamble: Clues to the perimeter entries are normal, but their answers must be modified before entry in ways suggested by an instruction that will appear in the grid when the central square is … Read more >>
This is my first Scorpion blog in quite some time, so I was rather excited to see his latest puzzle waiting for me this morning. In actual fact, and perhaps because I am … Read more >>
A rather mixed bag today with some very easy clues to gain a foothold into the grid and others that needed quite a bit of thought to work out the solution and parsing. … Read more >>
Pleasant Tuesday stroll.
A slow start to this, but then a quick finish. Thanks to Provis. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Mock journalist about journey by bike (6) DERIDE : Reversal of(… about) … Read more >>