Never knowingly undersolved
The Quiptic is 20 years old in November and Hectence was one of the first setters back in the early days. She should be good, shouldn’t she? Let me tell you something: she … Read more >>
Nice to see Armonie this morning with a well constructed puzzle with some great surfaces.
Italicus made his Indy debut a year ago and featured around once a month till the spring. This is the first sight of him since then, but he’s very welcome, because this was … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27921.
The Observer crossword from Sep 1, 2019.
I never thought it would happen but I actually quite like the Everyman crosswords nowadays.
Nitsy is an infrequent setter for the Independent on Sunday, but always offers us a puzzle in the traditional IoS style – accessible, clearly clued and with no real obscurities or unusual devices. … Read more >>
Easier than usual I thought, but no less enjoyable. Thank you Azed.
With autumn well and truly here, Monk is the setter today. Always a pleasure to encounter Monk – possibly at his more devious today, though maybe I’m just not as quick as I … Read more >>
A misprint in the definitions of each clue. An unclued entry and 23 cells to highlight. Should be fun. My first thought was that this was at the easier end of the difficulty … Read more >>
This took a few sittings over the week for us to finish, but it was a very enjoyable process – lots of silliness and lovely surface readings. Thanks, Paul! Across 9. Big comedown … Read more >>
I see with some surprise that I’ve been blogging of Fifteensquared for just over eleven years, but this, my 699th contribution, is the first for The Independent. Not surprisingly on a Friday, it’s a Phi, so thanks to him.
REDSHANK serves up a beauty, that is guaranteed to make your brain squirm and yet make it all so worthwhile! Thanks REDSHANK.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27919.
Serpent has provided our cruciverbal entertainment this Thursday morning, on a grid leaving scope for a Nina. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle, which gave me a good workout as a solver and an … Read more >>
Vlad provides this morning’s challenge. The puzzle contains trenchant comment, in both clues and answers, on our current woeful situation, in Vlad’s inimitable style. There’s some very clever cluing and ingenious devices – … Read more >>