Never knowingly undersolved
Thanks to Picaroon for the enjoyable challenge. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Complaint one twit receives over a bit of a pint (5,5) FLUID OUNCE : FLU(short for “influenza”/an illness/a … Read more >>
A familiar Friday setter. Thanks BRADMAN, for a gentle workout that took just a tad longer than it should have due to a couple of uncommon words thrown in.
The usual enjoyable and good Friday Phi offering. Definitions underlined, in sienna. Anagram indicators in italics. The theme is … (for you to complete). ACROSS 1 CARPET Caught at rack initially taking favourite … Read more >>
Serpent challenges the old grey matter today. As we expect from Serpent, this was a tricky but really enjoyable solve. Serpent sometimes has a theme or a nina in his puzzles, but we … Read more >>
Aardvark is today’s FT compiler.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28091. With the shortened time available, I am happy to have to deal with a crossword safely in my Goldilocks zone – nothing to hold me up … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 14, 2020
Wire has produced a puzzle to take our minds off the lockdown this Wednesday. I was certainly grateful for a break from all the various news broadcasts, however important those clearly are. I … Read more >>
An entertaining puzzle as always from Monk, and a message? There are a lot of goodbyes in here and an ominous RETIREMENT. Is Monk about to retire? If this is really so then … Read more >>
Brummie sets an interesting and enjoyable challenge today. Brummie’s surfaces are not always the most elegant but I thought there were some neat ones here. His puzzles often have a theme but I … Read more >>
Long and complicated rubric this week leading to a puzzle with a number of layers. Seventeen clues contain a superfluous word which is a jumble of a word representing the titular character of … Read more >>
Much-needed mild diversion in troubled times.
Lots of fun – I got off to a quick start then got stuck for a while in the middle. Favourites were 5ac, 16ac, 17ac, 24ac, 29ac, and 9dn. Thanks to Pasquale
Hob gives us the Tuesday challenge today and all that involves. Being Tuesday there is a theme to the puzzle. Indeed there are two strings to the bow of today’s … Read more >>
Anto has produced a generally sound Quiptic for us this morning, which some newer solvers might have found a stretch in places. But if you’re doing the Quiptics to learn and improve then … Read more >>