Never knowingly undersolved
As the world becomes more and more virtual, The Purge is here to entertain us. Most clues have an extra letter, spelling out a definition, and four require something to be removed before … Read more >>
Had to slog through this challenge from BRADMAN, thanks to whom for a robust workout. Learnt a couple of new words along the way.
Intimidating at first and enjoyable throughout – I liked all of the outer long clues, and other favourites were 10ac, 19ac, 3dn, and 16dn. Thanks to Philistine.
Phi day again! As usual we started out looking at the clue for 1ac – and were stumped. However, once we worked our way into the grid, we realised that … Read more >>
Monk has supplied this week’s Thursday puzzle. It is indeed a long time since it has fallen to me to blog one of his teasers. I never ever seem to race through a … Read more >>
A strong week of Guardian puzzles continues with another great offering from Picaroon. The four long down answers in this grid are either a big help if you can solve them early on, … Read more >>
Today’s lockdown entertainment is provided by Slormgorm.
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 4, 2020
Note: there is an error in the PDF version of this puzzle: 16 across should be labelled 15, 16 and 20 across should be labelled 19, 20. Other than that an entertaining puzzle. … Read more >>
Day 24 in the Lockdown House, and your blogger is trying to keep his spirits up…
Eccles is currently the most regular Wednesday setter for the Independent weekday series. This was a puzzle of two halves for me. I made excellent progress on the top half, … Read more >>
It’s over four years since Ferret last appeared as an Inquisitor setter. That puzzle, in January 2016, involved Tarzan moving across the grid by swinging on lianas. I wonder what Ferret has in … Read more >>
Tough stuff for a Tuesday, I thought. Not that the the days are currently much differentiated…
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28107. A sparkling puzzle for these dark times from Imogen, with much humour, anchored by the pair of rather improbable quotes at 9A and 25A (which puts … Read more >>
An excellent crossword from Crosophile today: the clues are tight and some of them are very good, despite slight misgivings in places. Definitions in rebeccapurple, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics. The theme is … Read more >>