Never knowingly undersolved
Some lovely clues here, but we found this puzzle very tough, which I imagine will be the case for many solvers. The special instructions were: Definitions in nine clues lead to solutions (one … Read more >>
This is Serpent’s first EV, although I remember his IQ a few months back that was quite tricky. Here we had 12 acrosses that need modification before entry — six each of two … Read more >>
By now, apart from a few outlying islands, the whole globe will have seen in the New Year (or, as in my case, will have been asleep when it arrived). It is therefore … Read more >>
After yesterday’s duffing-up by Enigmatist and friends, it was a bit of a relief to get this much gentler, but still enjoyable, offering from Philistine as the first puzzle of 2016. Thanks to … Read more >>
A fairly straightforward topical themed puzzle from Phi to start the year off in the manner we have come to expect. All good fun, with only one unusual word (14D), no doubt resulting … Read more >>
Puzzles 1419 – 1471
This year’s Christmas puzzle was a double alphabetical jigsaw with a twist: half the clues lacked a definition.