Never knowingly undersolved
Monday Prize Crossword / Jan 18, 2016
Now that was initially a shocker. A grid that didn’t fit the enumerations of the clues. I tried to find a suitable grid but what I meanwhile didn’t see was that the clues were exactly the same as in the previous Dante (15,140 – 4 Jan 2016)). Fortunately, the FT changed the clues appropriately within a day, avoiding another Carte Rosee …..
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 16, 2016 Despite a number of unusual clues, I managed to solve this rather quickly so I must be getting well used to Goliath by … Read more >>
I found this very tricky, there is still one clue that I cannot solve. Nevertheless this was very enjoyable to solve and blog and I knew (or had at least heard of) all the themed entries except one, which came as a somthing surprise to me. Thank you Gozo.
Bonxie only appears occasionally (four times last year) and so, with all the other puzzles I have solved in the interim, I could not remember his style and what to expect. I found … Read more >>
It’s the last Wednesday of the month so Dac’s regular slot is filled by Quixote. This was a puzzle without any serious obscurities. A bit of general knowledge was required … Read more >>
This is Ferret’s tenth appearance as an Inquisitor setter. The preamble was fairly short and stated "A name concealed in the grid, is 7 of the domain at 3. With the help of … Read more >>
This puzzle didn’t arrive on the FT’s website until around 2pm (I’d only been waiting 8 hours for it to appear!) so it is a good job that Neo has been gentle with … Read more >>
Despite my misgivings over the spelling of the answer to 24ac (yes I know. Language does move on and we can’t just go along with what people said some while ago. But a pity that this moving on is dictated by someone in television making a mistake) this is a very pleasant crossword, accessible, with good clues — the one that I don’t understand will I trust be explained by someone.
Definitions underlined.
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26790.
Once again, Rufus fulfils his brief to ease us into the crossword week. As always with Rufus, there are some clever anagrams, with lovely surfaces [1, 15, 22 and 26ac]. There are fewer … Read more >>
Lohengrin made his debut in the Indy/Sindy only a few months ago. It has taken me a while to get used to his style, but I thought that this was generally a well-constructed … Read more >>
Provis has had a colourful career.
Just the one thing that I can’t quite see, at 33 across. *=anagram, []=dropped, <=reversed. Hover to expand abbreviations. Across 4 VULSELLAE – (L + L) in (LEAVE US)*. 11 ERNANI – AN … Read more >>
A lot easier than the run-of-the-mill. Almost as easy as this week’s Listener (OK — last week’s). And Paul’s awesome crossword utility automatically parses the (relaunched) Guardian site’s PDF once again which is nice too.
Nothing too much to frighten the horses here, which is how it should be. Mostly charades, insertions and anagrams, but it’s a puzzle for improving solvers, so fair play. Abbreviations … Read more >>