Never knowingly undersolved
Phi has now reached a half-century of puzzles since they were renamed as Inquisitor a decade ago. Preamble: The bookshelf held seven books but three are missing. Unclued answers, including 1 across, … Read more >>
We couldn’t remember blogging a Vigo puzzle before but, after checking, we found that we had – back in 2015. Given our comments about 5d and 9ac, we are having concerns about memory … Read more >>
Two (or three) themes for the price of one.
It’s been a long time since I blogged one of Neo’s crosswords. Quite enjoyable, and perhaps not as hard as he can sometimes be. Thanks to Neo. Definitions are underlined in the clues. … Read more >>
Interesting one in the Quiptic slot from Moley today. What did you think? Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed … Read more >>
It’s Monday and once more it’s cheeky chappie Hoskins.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27143.
An enjoyable start to a Sunday morning. Thank you Poins.
The usual good-quality Azed competition puzzle: everything seems to be soundly clued.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
In the preamble it says ‘NB Competition clues submitted should begin with an appropriate letter so as to complete a hidden message‘. I spent ages trying to find this hidden message.
A nina in an Everyman? Well possibly.
A Morph puzzle as spring threatens to spring forth after another ridiculously mild winter. First of all I must congratulate Morph for mentioning the town I grew up in a clue. There was … Read more >>
As John Cleese once warbled in a Monty Python sketch: ‘Fiddle-de-dum, fiddle-di-dee, Eric the half-a-bee’… Steve seems to be challenging us to solve or find HALF a something in this EV…Eric the half-an-EV? … Read more >>
A very enjoyable puzzle that was not as difficult as it first appeared. In the end I think I spent as much time trying to find the reason to choose between the two possible orientations as I did solving the puzzle in the first place. Thank you Philistine
A masterclass from Chalmie this Friday morning.
This is my regular once in four weeks Friday and not surprisingly I find a puzzle by Phi I think this is just a standard puzzle free from ninas, themes, … Read more >>