Never knowingly undersolved
This was a challenging Thursday work-out from Anglio. There are some ingenious definitions (e.g. 13ac, 8d) crafty wordplay, and several clever cryptic definitions. Great for stirring up the grey matter while we’re … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27134.
Monday Prize Crossword / Feb 20, 2017
Perhaps it’s just me but I found this Dante puzzle easy to start but difficult to finish.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 18, 2017
Tough but all gettable with enough concentration. There is a lot going on in here and it took me a long time to sort it all out and get it written up into the blog. Thanks Gaff, super puzzle.
Seeing Picaroon’s name this morning made me, if possible, even more thankful that I was scheduled to blog today rather than yesterday. Another excellent and most enjoyable offering from Picaroon, with the usual … Read more >>
Dac is where he belongs today, occupying the Wednesday slot. I found this one to be tougher than the average Dac crossword, not least because of the more unusual vocabulary chosen – both … Read more >>
Schadenfreude usually means hard but fair and this was no exception. The rubric read: Initially 15 cells will contain 4 or more letters. They are to be replaced by 2 letters (XY) and the … Read more >>