Never knowingly undersolved
Dac has provided us with another pleasant Wednesday workout One thing I notice about Dac’s clues, in addition to the excellent surfaces, is the fact that he doesn’t waste words. … Read more >>
Fun, but solved in spurts, with the NW and SE last to fall. Favourite was 19dn.
This is Kandy’s first outing in the Inquisitor series. For some reason, I have a suspicion that this is a collaborative name. I am always suspicious that way when I see AND in … Read more >>
Well up to Morph’s usual high standard today. This is a very pleasant crossword with some excellent clues and only a few niggles, some of which may amount to nothing. It is on the easier side for Morph — at least it was for me — but when I’m blogging that’s always a good thing.
With only five entries after my first pass through the clues I thought this was going to be a tough solve, and I wasn’t wrong. However, perseverance led to a completed grid, albeit … Read more >>
Slightly delayed write up due to a rather embarrassing mistake…
* = anagram [] = removed A(mpere) = abbreviation A puzzle themed on freedom and democracy, as epitomised by the Magna Carta, which appears on the left and right side of the grid. … Read more >>
The miserable wretch Provis occupies the Quiptic slot this week.
A slightly tardy post as I’ve been having technical problems (specifically, I have no computer). I think this was about medium in terms of difficulty, though it’s hard to tell as I sort … Read more >>
A medium-difficulty Azed, I thought – I got through about three-quarters of it with not much trouble, and then took twice as long again to finish it off. Usual remarks about sound, high-quality … Read more >>
I’m still getting used to the style of our new Everyman setter. It’s certainly taking me a lot longer to solve Everyman these days, so I would surmise that the difficulty level has … Read more >>
After a run of blogging successively trickier Independent on Sunday puzzles I get a straightforward puzzle form Hypnos again, though no less enjoyable for that. Both accessible and interesting is what I thought. At the time of writing this I am more than a little tipsy after a long family dinner, so I hope I do Hypnos justice. Thank you Hypnos.
We were surprised that Phi did not appear on Phiday (5th June), but then he popped up for this Saturday Prize Puzzle. We imagined that there would be a significant reason for … Read more >>
It was serendipitous for me that I was down to blog this puzzle, in view of its theme.