Never knowingly undersolved
Preamble: Misprints occur in 19 down clues. The correct letters spell out most of a quotation from a well-known TV series. Both 6-letter words in the specific episode’s title are to be removed, … Read more >>
It was Wiglaf’s latest puzzle that lay in store for me this Tuesday morning. I found this one to be a very enjoyable, medium-difficulty solve. I suspected early on that I would probably … Read more >>
Thematic fun from Gaff today and I found this one rather tougher than the usual Tuesday fare.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26970.
Here’s Rufus, with an entetaining medley of double and cryptic definitions and some neat anagrams, with lovely surfaces, as ever, to launch us into the week. Thanks, Rufus – I enjoyed it. Across 9 … Read more >>
I have to admit that I found this tough (and I’m not even going to say ‘tough for a Monday puzzle’ because we’ve gone beyond that). But that could just be me not … 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.) This was made easier for me by … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) This was made easier for me by the number of anagrams present. Thanks to … Read more >>
I don’t know what’s happened to the scheduled blogger today but here is a quick, and very belated, analysis of the clues. Across 7 Kid is the first person in Paris to get … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3645.
Lots of new words but I suppose that should never be a surprise with Azed. Was stuck on 16D (a laxative) for a while and then conveniently became unstuck.
Apart from the hard nuts (Anax and Nimrod) evidence is accumulating that since the Saturday puzzle stopped being a Prize puzzle the level of difficulty has gone down a bit. Which is fine by me as … Read more >>
After blogging a difficult Paul puzzle on Thursday and battling with a fiendish one from Enigmatist on Friday, I was wondering what on earth was in store for us on Saturday. It turned … Read more >>
A puzzle by Eclogue this week – four cells containing clashes, the wordplay in each clue having an extra letter and the first line of a verse to find. If that’s not enough … Read more >>
Turbolegs didn’t have time to prepare a blog before flying home from his holiday today so I am a late stand-in. My initial reaction when solving this puzzle was that it didn’t appear … Read more >>