Never knowingly undersolved
An abundance of opportunities for me to add a link this week … … due to the many pseudonyms (or 15s or 17s) included in the grid, along with some real names in … Read more >>
It’s Paul rounding off a generally good week of puzzles. I found this fairly straightforward, to both solve and parse. There are some witty and ingenious clues – rather fewer of them, owing … Read more >>
Phi is in his regular Friday spot for the Independent crossword series today. This was a good puzzle to end the week. There were no words that I hadn’t come … Read more >>
A fun workout from REDSHANK this Friday AM
A slightly tricky challenge from Alchemi today.
A fun challenge – I especially liked 15dn, and other favourites were 10ac, 13ac, and 20dn. Thanks to Crucible.
A new setter…?
Is X-Type going to lead us up the PROVERBIAL path, or take us any which WAY?…
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 4, 2021
I found this puzzle harder than usual. There is not much that is very obscure in here, I just took me a long time to spot everything. Thank you Gozo.
Eccles appears in the mid-week slot this week.
I wouldn’t call this easy, exactly, but some well-constructed clues meant that I got through it quite quickly. Some political commentary raises its head, as often with this setter, with one particularly clever … Read more >>
Independent 10,896 / Knut This week’s Tuesday puzzle has been compiled by Knut. It is Tuesday today, so we know to expect a theme and/or a Nina. This time we appear to have … Read more >>
For Her Eyes Only by Artix Initial letters of single extra words in 11 clues may be rearranged to give the author of a series of works whose eponym – omitting an … Read more >>
A swift solve with a satisfying finish.