Never knowingly undersolved
This was a good Thursday challenge from Nestor, with several clues that got the old grey matter working overtime. We had to check some entries which we had not come across before … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword / Jul 13, 2015
Another enjoyable exercise by Crux, complete with some cross-references (which he does more often nowadays).
First time I have tried a Peto puzzle. Very smooth with good surface readings is what I thought. Thank you Peto.
Plenty of fun, and trickier than usual for a Chifonie. Favourites 10ac and 21ac.
Dac has provided this Wednesday morning’s cruciverbal workout. For me, this was a typical Dac solve, as I worked my way through the clues, admiring their smooth surfaces and unambiguous parsings as I … Read more >>
Ifor is becoming a fairly regular setter of Inquisitor puzzles. His puzzle today had a fairly lengthy preamble which stated: "In rows containing highlighted cells, pairs of clue answers must … Read more >>
A very easy mixed bag
I started off slowly on this one (for no obvious reason), but it yielded steadily, making a very enjoyable and satisfying solve. Thanks to Shed. Across 9. … Read more >>
Crosophile has given us a puzzle with a few entries that are not obscure, but neither are they in regular daily use, such as … SEAMSTERS, UNSWADDLE, EMBRASURE and NAUTILUS. A … Read more >>
Well it’s Monday, it’s Rufus, what do you think you’ll be getting?
A sound, workmanlike puzzle from eXternal. And I don’t mean to damn with faint praise when I say that. It was hard, though. The idea of the Monday Indy being the ‘easy’ one … Read more >>
Moley has produced a fine Quiptic for us this morning. Plenty of Easy Annies to get us going, then the rest clearly clued with some lovely surfaces. And as we have remarked many … Read more >>
Well over half this puzzle was filled-in by the end of the first pass. I got going again with DISGRACED at 10 which I considered earlier but couldn’t see where the S came from, but … Read more >>
I could very easily copy and paste my preamble from a fortnight ago and simply change the ‘four weeks’ in the second paragraph to ‘six weeks’. Across 1 Actual tact not using force … Read more >>