Never knowingly undersolved
I found this pretty taxing! (I originally used the word “challenging” but Duncan used it in his intro last week, and it is becoming overused, though apt.) The rubric read: Extra/missing single letters … Read more >>
Standard fare from Neo
I found this very hard to get started on, and not much easier after that, even after getting the crucial 15d, though as is often the case the explanations are mostly quite straightforward. … Read more >>
Hob takes us back in time with the offering today. The theme is clear, but solvers didn’t need to know anything about it to complete the puzzle. The down clues … Read more >>
Firstly, apologies to bloggees and, especially, Harribobs for the late posting of this blog. I thought it was my turn this coming weekend. Wrong! (And I haven’t even solved it yet!) This was … Read more >>
Moley always produces a good Quiptic for us, because she’s a talented and generous soul. Just one or two in this one that I wasn’t that enamoured with. What did you think? … Read more >>
This was a very good effort with a lot of work having gone into making the definitions none too obvious (as in 1 across and 10). There was a decent mix of clues … Read more >>
A very gentle stroll today, even by Rufus standards, with the possible exception of 31ac which may be unknown by some … … and perhaps shouldn’t have been clued with a cryptic def. … Read more >>
Solving was fast enough here with most clues answered on the first pass – then only 9 left. So this counts as at the easier end of the Eye crossword spectrum. The bottom right … Read more >>
Hello all, Apologies for the crude formatting today: I couldn’t get the usual tool to work, so have been inputting the clues by hand. I found this pretty tough to be honest, but … Read more >>
A puzzle by Peter blogged by Pierre? What’s occurring? What should occur is that if you haven’t already had a go at it, do so now by using the link at the top … Read more >>
This was a typical plain Azed crossword. The clueing was precise and the vocabulary was a mix of modern and arcane. I solved about half of this without reference to … Read more >>
A fairly 2D puzzle from Phi, with multiple cross-references to 5D and 24D in various clues… …which, respectively, turned out to be ‘SHAKE’ and ‘SPEAR’ – on the occasion of the 400th anniversary … Read more >>
I haven’t done one of Shed’s puzzles in a while, and it’s very welcome to do so again – excellent clues throughout, I thought. (I have a couple of queries below, which I’m … Read more >>
What a treat from Alberich today!! Unsurprisingly, a delectable mix of clues covering the entire spectrum from easy to seemingly bewildering (frustratingly so at times!). Thanks a lot Alberich for a super challenge. I am not ashamed to admit I had to google a few answers to confirm but the cluing itself was precise enough for me to arrive very close to the solution in these cases.