Never knowingly undersolved
A very enjoyable puzzle today – my favourites were 11ac, 17ac, 26ac, 21dn, and 22dn. Lots of thanks to Shed ACROSS 8 ZUCCHINI South African (half-cut) visits Sark etc, receiving cheers (also half-cut) … Read more >>
It’s Phi-day again! We worked our way through this puzzle fairly steadily, although we were held up briefly by entering DREAD for 18ac before realising, when we couldn’t figure out 14d, that we’d … Read more >>
The initial grid is suffering from a lack of Education. Sounds familiar when I watch politicians on the news trying to understand simple maths and science. Several answers were too short for the … Read more >>
A fine Artexlen puzzle. Short of time this morning, so can't really do this justice at the moment, but this was a fantastic puzzle, keeping up the standard that has been shown across … Read more >>
Dalibor is occupying this week’s Thursday slot. Dalibor is a setter whose work I have rarely blogged. I found this puzzle to be a challenging and entertaining medium-to-difficult solve. I think that I … Read more >>
It’s a Brummie, so…
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 22, 2020 I solved this puzzle very quickly and easily while noting that a substantial number of clues were strangely familiar. It was only after … Read more >>
Another enjoyable themed puzzle from Gozo, but not one requiring specialist knowledge. Thank you Gozo. The theme is names – B stands for Boy and G stands for Girl ACROSS 1 GRAHAM B … Read more >>
Puck at his mischievous best. After a first run through, I had two solutions across and two of the long down solutions, so I thought I was in for a hard slog, but … Read more >>
Eccles and I seem to meet regularly on a Wednesday. I am perfectly happy with that. As usual, Eccles treats us to some excellent surfaces which generate answers that make … Read more >>
eXtent returns this week. I blogged the last puzzle from this setter back in January. That puzzle also featured some blanks in the grid during the solving process. The preamble … Read more >>
A fun Tuesday solve with some ingenious clueing for which thanks to Dogberry. For some reason, my software won't let me enter 10 Down, so SPOILER ALERT, I'll parse it here… 10 Endlessly … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28227. Paul doe it yet again: a creative and entertaining concoction, even if he sails a little too close to the wind for my comfort in one … Read more >>
I haven’t blogged a Knut for some time, maybe for too much time. There were several anagrams in the clues, which made it less demanding than I remember things being in the past. … Read more >>
An excellent Quiptic as always by Carpathian. This puzzle is full of surfaces that immediately conjure up a mental image, which of course is there to mislead the solver: “police got a criminal” … Read more >>