Never knowingly undersolved
I was able to solve this very quickly, helped by a lot of straightforward clues and by… …the theme, which I was lucky to spot early on from 8a, confirmed by 14a: it’s … Read more >>
It’s over a year since I blogged a Dalibor puzzle, so it’s good to get another opportunity. As I finished the blog, I realised that it was a Tuesday, so … Read more >>
Hectence has given us a lot of bra-stretching this morning. An interesting Quiptic, probably on the hardish side (at least from the parsing point of view), and a pangram to … Read more >>
Slormgorm kicks off the week. Overall a very enjoyable puzzle. There were a couple of things that held me up: “open up” as an anagram indicator in 3d just about works in this … Read more >>
A very challenging puzzle with some great surface definitions. As I'm currently on antibiotics for a severely infected left thumb, I could have done without 1 across, but it was an interesting clue … Read more >>
A slightly tougher start to the week than usual. Having become used to Mondays being a bit easier than the rest of the week, I found this one a bit harder than the … Read more >>
This was another puzzle on the tough side for the Eye. I certainly made heavy weather of it. It didn’t seem that way at the start. First clue solved, 12A, was after trying … Read more >>
The Observer crossword from Nov 22, 2020 Another Sunday, another Everyman. And I am not complaining. But once again I’ll ask the question “Is it just me who thinks that our Sunday setter … Read more >>
Tees is becoming quite the IoS regular. Another sound puzzle with a good range of subject matter and clue types. Those who get anal about cryptic grammar might not like a construction that … Read more >>
A plain puzzle this week requiring a fair bit of general knowledge. I wonder when this puzzle was compiled as AMBER Rudd who features in the wordplay for 27 across, … Read more >>
The sight of those six letters: N-I-M-R-O-D above an Indy puzzle is usually enough to strike fear into the heart of many a solver and blogger…and this one was no exception for your correspondent!
Phew, this was hard work! A cleverly themed puzzle from Puck with lots of cross-referenced clues. Thanks to Puck! The rubric for this puzzle was: Special instructions: Ten solutions (not further defined) are … Read more >>
A generally good challenge from REDSHANK today, but for a couple of hiccups in the clues. FF: 8 DD: 7 ACROSS 1 GRETA GARBO Boast about visiting great eccentric old star (5,5) [ … Read more >>
Phi-day is here again…. … and another great puzzle from our regular Friday setter. We always look for a theme in Phi’s puzzles, and we couldn’t help thinking that 1ac/5ac might be the … Read more >>
Thank you to Pasquale. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Routine for Jewish comedian, dull person sounding drunk? (6) SHTICK : “is thick”(is dull/dim) pronounced as ” ‘shtick” by a drunk … Read more >>