Never knowingly undersolved
It’s taken ages to write this post and I’ve run out of time tonight, so it’s not quite as I’d like it, but I’ll tidy this up on Saturday morning… The pairs of … Read more >>
It’s only three weeks since I wrote, “It’s well over a year since I blogged a Shed puzzle – but there have only been seven since then. Several of us often say we don’t … Read more >>
A simple offering from ORENSE, making a rare appearance on a Friday. Thanks Orense for a gentle workout.
It’s Friday and as expected we have a Phi to solve and blog – no complaints here. Phi has apparently decided to set himself challenges other than the inclusion of themes or … Read more >>
A tribute puzzle from Gaff…
Serpent’s latest cruciverbal challenge is occupying the Thursday slot this week. Compared with the last Serpent puzzle that I blogged on a Thursday about a month ago, I found this one a tad … Read more >>
Very nice and quite tricky in places – my favourites were 13ac, 24ac and 19dn. Thanks, Pan.
Monday Prize Crossword / Apr 10, 2017
Dante: all rather familiar (and enjoyable), still enough to discuss.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 8, 2017 Another gem from Ms. Klebb! My clue of the week is 18d (AVIATRIX) and I also applaud 1a (MAHOGANY), 21a (WINNOW), 23a (AQUITAINE), … Read more >>
I would have said medium difficulty except for there being one clue I cannot explain. Any help finishing this off would be appreciated. Thank you Wanderer.
Quite a tough one from Tramp today, but enjoyable as always… … the clues are bristling with references to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, initially a radio series, and later books and … Read more >>
Math is the setter this Wednesday, occupying the slot predominantly filled by Dac. There is a clear film theme to the across entries with some further allusions to films and … Read more >>
Schadenfreude returns to the Inquisitor stage this week. The preamble told us that in across clues a word which has only one letter in common with the answer must be … Read more >>
A stylish puzzle frpm Neo, not too taxing but some witty wordplay in the surfaces.
As always, a fine crossword from Punk. There are possible quibbles with 13ac and 15ac/1dn, and some of the answers have marginally less than 50% checking, but there is a nice theme that may excuse this.
These crosswords that have lots of clues referring to other ones are always difficult to start on, since one’s first read through only allows possible solving of some of the clues, and this was no exception.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.