Never knowingly undersolved
Leading up to Saturday, March 26th in what will surely go down in history as The Year of Loss, I thought I’d lost it. We thought we’d lost it. Then we found we … Read more >>
As 2016 reaches its last day a no doubt topical puzzle from Eimi completes the Independent’s year of crosswords. I always enjoy Eimi’s crosswords – they tend to have topical clues and this … Read more >>
Normally, I try to paraphrase the essential elements of the preamble. This week, it seemed far easier to reprint it word for word! Solvers must identify and highlight the five-letter keyword from a … Read more >>
My last blog for 2016 and a pleasurable solve at that, with Bradman serving up a delectable challenge. Thanks Bradman for an apt finish to the 2016 work week.
Well, it’s Phiday again, will there be a theme? If there is, will we be able to spot it? We have missed some of Phi’s recent themes but we are very pleased that … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27081.
My heart sank when I first saw this, not least because I immediately realised that, due to the nature of the puzzle, I wouldn’t be able to use PeeDee’s excellent blogging software, and that I would have to do this blog the long-winded way, so please excuse any formatting issues, as I am not used to blogging this way.
An interesting and enjoyable puzzle from Brummie this morning, with several less familiar words, which were all gettable, together with a friendly grid to help things along. Brummie’s puzzles often have a theme … Read more >>
Hob has provided the last Thursday puzzle of 2016 and thus occupies my last blogging slot of the year. I think that this was a worthy puzzle to bring my blogging year to … Read more >>
I find some of Dante’s clues quite brilliant, but then some of them I just don’t get at all. Happily the balance always falls down on the positive side for me, so I’m still a happy bunny. Thanks Dante.
I’ve blogged one Gila puzzle before – in the Inquisitor series, so this is my first blog of a Gila daily broadsheet puzzle. There were 18 across clues and 13 … Read more >>
Very nice…
Monday Prize Crossword / Dec 19, 2016
Started at midnight in bed, finished at breakfast the next day – but did a lot of sleeping in between!
Very easy but enjoyable.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 17, 2016
Schadenfreude is a prolific compiler in the Inquisitor series and you always know you are going to get a challenge when you see his name. The preamble was fairly short … Read more >>