Never knowingly undersolved
An Eccles puzzle for our entertainment today. I enjoyed this puzzle which contained some very good clue surfaces. The one that defeated me longest was my last one in, 4 … Read more >>
Hedge-sparrow makes a debut in the Inquisitor series with this puzzle. I have solved a few Hedge-sparrow puzzles before in the Listener series. The preamble read: "In the completed grid, … Read more >>
A dogged fight versus Hamilton this morning and one which I seem to have lost…
(Why have they stopped giving the number and author of the crossword, so that one has to put it in by hand?)
As always with Radian, an utterly satisfactory experience. Many can be explained very simply, although that doesn’t mean they were trivially easy. There is one (22ac) which I can’t understand, but usually in these cases the parsing is perfectly obvious once it’s explained. (There was one … but it became clear when I was looking over what I wrote. Yes quite obvious.)
Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27748.
It’s Vulcan back in the Monday slot. We have the familiar medley of charades, anagrams and double / cryptic definitions, some of which I found rather weak, to ease us into … Read more >>
I wasn’t 100% sure who set this, since I solved it on the Crossword blogging site and that did not give a name. It does have the feel of a Tees but slightly more toned down than usual – not as many pop culture references and slightly obscure words.
An interesting CRUX kicks off the week…
Hectence’s turn in the Quiptic slot this week.
I couldn’t scientifically or statistically tell you if this was a below/above average or completely typical Cyclops…but I know a man who could…(see below) In fact I have to admit I solved and … Read more >>
Just to let you know in good time to put the date in your diary that this year’s ‘Derby Day’, arranged by the East Midlands Consortium [Chris and Lynette {aka Bert and Joyce}, … Read more >>
It’s an Everyman, Jim, but not as we know it. If you haven’t been following proceedings, Colin Gumbrell, who produced the Everyman puzzle every week for a number of … Read more >>
Thank you Hypnos for an enjoyable crossword. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Vehicle with endless job when reversing gets driving aid (6) SATNAV : Reversal of(… when reversing) [ VAN(a … Read more >>
A moderately tricky Azed this week, and one where I often had the experience of constructing a possible answer from the wordplay and then confirming with Chambers that it really was a word … Read more >>
Many apologies for the late publication of this blog: I only realised I was the scheduled blogger when I logged on to fifteensquared on Saturday morning and realised that the blog for last Saturday’s puzzle was missing!