Never knowingly undersolved
It’s ages since I blogged a Tramp puzzle, so I was more pleased than ever to see his name this morning. The theme is Tom Jones, with some clever anagrams involving his name … Read more >>
A tough challenge from Wanderer this Friday. Needed help from Google along the way. Think a couple of parsings can be improved upon.
Maize takes over the normal Friday Phi slot today. The top line of the grid, LADY BOUNTIFUL, hints at a theme and study of all the across entries shows that … Read more >>
Sorry about the lateness of this post. Also its primitiveness: the nice software that I generally use was for some reason unavailable this morning and I did it the old laborious way, writing … Read more >>
Sorry for the late blog. I solved the crossword before breakfast, but the blogging package was unavailable until after I got into work, so this will be a quick one.
Great fun from Paul – favourites were 17/12ac, 5dn and 18dn. A question mark over the parsing of 26/24
Monday Prize Crossword / Jun 19, 2017
A Dante puzzle in which he clearly lives up to his reputation as a lover of cryptic (and double) definitions.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 17, 2017 My clue of the week is 28a (SLUGGARD) followed by a clever hidden-worder, 15d (WITHERING). Other standouts are 12a (BELLYACHE), 24a (EERIE), and … Read more >>
A super puzzle and an easy one if you know the theme.
After yesterday’s Berkshire, Boatman gives us a puzzle where a large proportion of the clues mention pigs one way or another. Apart from the SW corner, which took me a while to complete, … Read more >>
It’s great to see Dac back this Wednesday – all the usual smooth surfaces and straightforward clueing. Are we showing our age (and Dac’s!) with 6d and 24ac? We don’t think that … Read more >>
Two’s Company by Lato Corrected single letter misprints in the eleven thematic clues spell out a two-word phrase describing what needs to be added to the entries to complete the answers (though these … Read more >>
Hob has provided a puzzle to challenge and delight this Tuesday. I am late posting owing to work commitments, but that has not stopped me from thoroughly enjoying this multi-layered puzzle, with all … Read more >>
Spoiler alert. 8 Down is RESIDED, the only easy clue in the grid. The rest you’ll have to fight tooth-and-nail for. Corking puzzle today.
A tough Tuesday challenge from Vlad.