Never knowingly undersolved
After a pleasant three to four weeks in Nova Scotia, Quebec and Montreal I’m back in harness with a Phi puzzle to solve and blog. Geography seems to be a … Read more >>
I usually dont see PETO on Fridays so its always nice to solve/blog an infrequent setter (for Fridays atleast). Generally easy solve much aided by precise cluing. A new word or two .. quite an enjoyable experience. Thanks Peto !!
I solved this more or less from the bottom up, finding the SE corner very easy but the rest much less so. A few bits of general knowledge needed, though nothing too obscure … Read more >>
Thursday, and something difficult was to be expected. But most of this went in easily enough, although in the end I did take a bit longer than usual over this very pleasant crossword from Knut.
This one’s for solvers who like a bit of general knowledge in their puzzles…
Monday Prize Crossword / Oct 9, 2017
Safe & Sound offering from Falcon, ideal for those learning the game.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of 7 October, 2017.
Sorry about the lateness of this blog. I have the odd query with the clues, but this may just be me rushing to get the blog out quickly. Thank you Gaff.
Punk fills the Wednesday slot this week – and it’s nearly a year since we had the pleasure of blogging one of his puzzles. This lived up to our expectations – with … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27331.
I recall that Radler‘s previous puzzle about collective nouns involved a lot of cold-solving, and to cap it all I highlighted the wrong cells in the grid to form SKEIN. Let’s see what … Read more >>
Thanks to all who attended Enigmatist’s talk at Bewdley last week, and apologies that these answers weren’t available here this morning. I had a few technical difficulties in accessing the site. The handouts … Read more >>
Sound enough Tuesday puzzle from Armonie with notably smooth surfaces.
A themed offering from Puck, which can be found here.
Radian’s latest puzzle awaited solvers on this rather windy Tuesday morning, windy at least for those of us living in the north of England. I enjoyed what turned out to be a medium-difficulty … Read more >>