Never knowingly undersolved
No doubt about whether there was a theme here, with many references to “2 great”. I got a couple of the linked answers first, which revealed what 2d had to be, and the … Read more >>
We cannot believe how quickly the weeks have flown by just lately – all too soon, we have another Phi to solve this Phi-day. If there are any errors or omissions we may not be able to sort things out until later when we have some wi-fi access.
Wiglaf has produced today’s puzzle for our stimulation and entertainment. I found this puzzle to be at the harder end of the Indy spectrum, one that I had to chip away for quite … Read more >>
Thanks to Boatman for the themed crossword. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 8 Wooded area and lake conceal backward-looking rip off (8) ARBOREAL : [AREA plus(and) L(abbrev. for “lake”) ] containing(conceal) … Read more >>
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever”
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 25, 2018
An entertaining puzzle from Aardvark as usual. Thank you.
Eccles has given us a crossword today free from words I didn’t know. My wife has SUMAC in the spice cupboard so that was an early entry reversing Monsieur CAMUS, a … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27606
We have a puzzle from the Inquisitor series editor this week. The preamble told us that "An Only Connect Wall consists of 16 arbitrarily arranged words, phrases or names that must … Read more >>
I enjoyed this. A pleasant and gentle (?) workout from one of the Indy’s top setters. Perhaps one could criticise the fact that there are rather a lot of single letters clued by things like ‘ultimately’ and ‘initially’, but it is done so smoothly that this is hardly a blemish.
Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
A welcome appearance from Nutmeg this Tuesday morning. There’s a distinct parliamentary flavour in the long answers [and perhaps elsewhere] in today’s puzzle. In my 17dn to the last Nutmeg puzzle … Read more >>
Light excercise from Falcon today, with one rogue clue…
A somewhat trickier than usual start to the work week from CRUX…
A well constructed and efficient crossword with some unusual uses of some of the standard fodder items.