Never knowingly undersolved
This one was over rather quickly but I cannot explain why, it’s not as if there are no obscure words or complex wordplay in it. Perhaps I was just on song because around … Read more >>
This is something Azed only occasionally does, to have one of his specials on a non-clue-setting-competition day. I don’t know how many solvers there are who do the n-c-s-c puzzles but not the c-s-c ones, … Read more >>
It’s always a pleasure to open the paper and see Anax’s name at the top of the puzzle. That’s no less true on blogging day, of course, though you do fear you might … Read more >>
This is the second tricky prize puzzle from Paul I have blogged recently. I think his weekend puzzles are getting harder. Not so many laughs as some of his puzzles but lots to enjoy regardless. Thanks Paul.
Qaos rounds off an excellent week of Guardian puzzles. I always look for a ghost theme with Qaos: I thought it was going to be food, with POULTRY, BREAD, PUDDING and GARLIC, but … Read more >>
Another terrific challenge from Wanderer, thanks to whom, for a pleasurable and delightfully interesting joust. Fantastically cryptic clues liberally sprinkled with a touch of commonplace door-openers as well.
This is a fairly typical Phi puzzle There is a theme but you don’t need to have any knowledge of it to solve the puzzle. I thought that there were … Read more >>
Klingsor is probably my favourite setter, so when I saw that I was blogging one of his I knew that it would be difficult but good and fair.
In fact it wasn’t all that difficult. Not easy, but so far as I can see everything makes sense straightforwardly enough.
Some quite convoluted clues here. A fun start on a rainy day. Thanks, Artexlen.
(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.) Encountered a few speed bumps along the … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) Encountered a few speed bumps along the way, with a couple of new terms for … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword / Oct 12, 2015
Dante on a Monday. Nothing new under the sun. That said, there weren’t that many cryptic definitions this time.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 10, 2015
Just assume that nothing in there means what you think it does and you should have no problems… thanks Aardvark!
It’s Wednesday, it’s a Dac. All is well with the world. No unusual words, no theme, no awkward grid just smooth surfaces and precise clueing. We imagine that a lot of people out … Read more >>