Never knowingly undersolved
Wiglaf is an irregular but welcome setter in the Inquisitor series. His two previous puzzles date from 2013, a literary puzzle and 2016 XXXX which resolved itself to be 20/20. Both were well … Read more >>
My second Tramp blog in a row – I must have done something good. Unusually for Tramp, there doesn’t seem to be a theme, unless I’m missing something. I found this quite a … Read more >>
Hello to Slormgorm, a new setter to me. A friendly enough offering for a first meeting, with some nice surfaces and solid clueing.
Crosophile provides the Tuesday challenge this week. There’s a couple of references to BEES using different meanings of the word. There is an engineering flavour – AGGREGATE, COFFERDAM and SHINGLE. … Read more >>
A pleasant solve, with favourites 9ac and 4dn.
A lively and mostly accessible puzzle.
A pleasing and well-constructed Quiptic from Carpathian which I enjoyed solving and blogging. What did you think? Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* … Read more >>
Great fun from Gurney. Not too challenging and very enjoyable.
The Observer crossword from 13 May 2018
The previous Everyman felt like a breeze. This one, however, …..
The quirks of the crosswording S&B schedules mean that it’s the Peter and Pierre show this morning. We are not related. Or the same person, obviously. A steady and generally … Read more >>
This was a plain Azed with the usual mix of careful cluing and less frequently used words I thought this was a fairly typical Azed in terms of difficulty, with … Read more >>
Well I never…quite literally. I’m staggered to learn that in 652 posts here I haven’t once had the privilege of covering a Knut puzzle until today. So here we are. It’s an unusual … Read more >>
Normally we charge through Paul puzzles, but for some reason this one seemed harder than usual. Anyway, it was very enjoyable solve – thanks, Paul! Across 1. Bread Irish pub rejected in place … Read more >>
Straight clues, but two unclued entries and then a cryptic instruction that will become clearer as the grid fills – I hope: Two prize-winning FIRSTS must also be highlighted (32 cells in all). … Read more >>
A quick, fun, solve – favourites were 5ac and 2dn.