Never knowingly undersolved
I enjoyed this one from Vigo. She’s put together a tidy puzzle in the old Monday style. Some very good surface readings. A bit heavy on charades and insertions, but for a crossword … Read more >>
Ran into a few unfamiliar terms, but got there in the end. Favourite clues 20ac, 26ac and 16dn – thanks, Rufus.
I found this Azed carte-blanche variant (a “jigsaw”) in which clues are given in alphabetical order of answers rather difficult — mainly, because I pecked at it sporadically throughout the week without a concerted burst … Read more >>
Jack provides the puzzle for my biannual Genius blog We were told that ten solutions contain a slice of 2, not included in the wordplay of their clues. The first clue … Read more >>
Thanks to Poins for an enjoyable Sunday puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Stop in cobbled side street (6) DESIST : Anagram of(cobbled) SIDE + ST(abbrev. for “street”). 4 Indifferent … Read more >>
Charades and insertions mostly this morning from Everyman. Which for an entry-level puzzle is fair enough. But only one full anagram, cluing a word I could only vaguely remember. Abbreviations … Read more >>
Another fine puzzle from Paul, with perhaps more obscure words than usual.
Presumably this is my comeuppance for recently suggesting that Saturdays were getting easier. We have an unusual grid stuffed with a great number of very unfamiliar terms, at least to me. There’s a … Read more >>
In a crescendo of coincidence, or a planned plethora(?), Serpent/Jack has had four puzzles out in the last month or so, across four different outlets – a Saturday Indie, which I also had the … Read more >>