Never knowingly undersolved
A tougher crossword this time – least ways that’s the way I found it. It has some top-notch clues and it was worth re-reading them to do this blog. When I started solving … Read more >>
A pleasing puzzle from Everyman for our Sunday morning entertainment. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed … Read more >>
Rather more compound anagrams than usual in this week’s plain Azed.
Thanks Skinny for an enjoyable puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9 Rocking robin, huge one seen next door (9) NEIGHBOUR : Anagram of(Rocking) ROBIN, HUGE. 10 Crown represented in a … Read more >>
Tees teases us today….. …. but we’re afraid we didn’t really enjoy solving this puzzle – it didn’t raise any smiles and seemed to be a mixture of some very straightforward clues and … Read more >>
Hello all. Thanks to Eclogue, the STREET, or perhaps TESTER, of this puzzle. The preamble reads: In the completed grid for TRISECTOR, solvers must highlight a writer and the associated thematic pseudonym, … Read more >>
Something of a political theme for this week’s prize puzzle. My solving partner Timon correctly predicted that we were due for a Paul, and so it proved. There are some very clever clues … Read more >>
A typical Wanderer offering, thanks to whom for a pleasurable workout.
Phi has brought this week’s suite of midweek puzzles to an end. I found this to be a medium-difficult puzzle, through which I made steady progress before grinding to a halt in the … Read more >>
I made a slow start on this, with very few answers on my first pass through, but once I had a few in I was lucky to guess the long phrases from their … Read more >>
Thanks Vlad. This was no pushover, but not too difficult, giving enjoyment to the end. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9 One’s not committed? Get an answer to this (4,5) FREE … Read more >>
A puzzle much easier to solve than to parse this morning from Julius.
Serpent gives us an entertaining challenge today. Thursday is often a theme day in the Independent. I couldn’t see one in the entries, but I often have a look at … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 1, 2020
A tough one, but very satisfying to get it all explained in the end. Thank you Monk. The grid made this trickier than it might have been, the four corners overlapped the rest … Read more >>