Never knowingly undersolved
Oh dear…this makes three of the last four EVs that I have failed to complete… Am I losing my touch? Should I be handing in my pencil and heading for the rocking chair, with a … Read more >>
Tricky and good fun, with lots of smiles and particular favourites 9ac, 18ac, 1dn, 2dn, and 21dn. Thanks to Picaroon.
Friday is the beginning of my four week blogging cycle and not surprisingly it’s a Phi puzzle that gets me underway. We have a well signposted theme this week with … Read more >>
A rare Friday appearance from ARTEXLEN, thanks to whom for a good workout. One of those puzzles where the parsing took as much time as the solving did for many clues, if not longer.
There was a time when Tees always presented a stiff challenge, with various bits of arcane knowledge required. In recent crosswords I have found him much easier. That this is the result of improvement by me I somewhat doubt; it is more likely that Tees has decided to become a bit kinder.
But there has been no diminution of quality. Easy enough his crosswords may be nowadays, but they are still excellent: still tightly-produced clues and the occasional classical reference.
Definitions underlined in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
I always enjoy Shed’s puzzles, but this one was over very quickly, being distinctly on the easy side, with quite a few clues that wouldn’t be out of place in a Quiptic. Thanks … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 24, 2018
I always enjoy Julius’s puzzles as they have a definite character. I never feel like I’m just churning out another FT post which can sometimes happen. As usual with Julius there are a couple of clues that I can’t fully explain – any thoughts welcome. Thank you Julius.
By some freak circumstance, we’ve had the pleasure of blogging Eccles’ last three puzzles. This one was up there with the others – all good fun – we particularly liked 26ac. Hoskins’ puzzle … Read more >>
Today’s puzzle can be solved online here.
Don’t Get Me Wrong by Opsimath Ignoring obstructive bars and replacing letters in barred-off and corner cells with the letters IN GRIM AUTHOR’S CV, three sides of the completed grid will reveal a … Read more >>
Radian has provided today’s cruciverbal entertainment, and indeed it is not unusual for his puzzles to appear on a Tuesday. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle that revealed itself to me … Read more >>
A classic puzzle, not wickedly hard but with some delightful clueing.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27449.