Never knowingly undersolved
Good fun as always from this setter, though I have a couple of niggles on definitions, especially on the rather obscure 25a. Thanks to Qaos. Following on from the militaristic theme in Qaos’s … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1435Preamble: Wordplay in each across clue gives the answer with one extra letter; in clue order, these reveal two messages. The first indicates how the answers to six down clues must be … Read more >>
My last Tuesday FT blog … standard Armonie fare
I thought I was going to be in for a hard time this morning with only a smattering of entries during my first pass through the clues but these were enough for me … Read more >>
It is the crossword editor himself who has supplied today’s lexical challenge. And not long after I blogged a highly topical puzzle about the Panama papers scandal, today sees me writing up another … Read more >>
(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) I made more headway with the … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) I made more headway with the down clues than the across ones. Par for … Read more >>
A Bank Holiday special today.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26873
No particular sticking points today, just a smooth Sunday solve where everything adds up nicely. I particularly enjoyed the longish charade at 21 across, and there were a couple of nice &lits in … Read more >>
A plain Azed with one unusual feature: there were twice as many words of Hindustani origin as Scottish ones.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3629.
The preamble to Genius 154 tells us: “Solutions to the clues are to be entered in one of two ways to be determined by the solver, which are confirmed by a message that … Read more >>