Never knowingly undersolved
I found this a bit of a slog, but that could just be me. Daedalus has created a Father’s Day puzzle where every clue has a reference to ‘father’ in it, either … Read more >>
A plain Azed puzzle this week The parsing took me a while to suss out this week. I didn’t get to the bottom of a few clues until well into … Read more >>
A tough-but-fair mental workout from Anax this Saturday… …two 3-linked-words clues at 6D and 18D, which either help or hinder, depending on how quickly you get them (not very quickly, in my case!), and … Read more >>
No bars this week. Extra letters in all the clues which spell out a line from a play. The letters within the speaker of this line then need to be highlighted. Sounds amusing. … Read more >>
This is only the second puzzle by Imogen I’ve ended up blogging, which is a shame, because his puzzles are brilliant – this is another cracker, I think. The theme here was DEAD … Read more >>
As usual, an enjoyable crossword from Philistine, to whom, thanks. A couple of tricky ones were the last in. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 A delicate pregnant lady’s clothing displayed with … Read more >>
Another week, another Friday, another offering from Phi. We found this fairly straightforward apart from having to check 8 and 9 down. Joyce had vaguely heard of 8d and we both guessed … Read more >>
A breezy challenge from Bradman this Friday morning. Thanks Don.
A very tricky (some might say diabolical) Nimrod today that stretched my solving ability to its limit. I didn’t expect to be blogging this one, otherwise I would have made notes during my … Read more >>
Dogberry gets the Thursday FT gig this morning.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27224.
Monday Prize Crossword / Jun 5, 2017
Not the hardest puzzle on the Ironbridge Scale, even if the NW took slightly longer than the rest of it.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 3, 2017
An enjoyable puzzle with some nice surfaces. There is one explanaion that has defeated me. Thank you Chalmie.
Nutmeg’s crystal ball must have been working overtime when she set this one because of the various topical entries/references. A well as the NI political party, currently much in the news, forming part of … Read more >>