Never knowingly undersolved
A very nice Monday puzzle from Matilda. Quite heavy on anagrams of various kinds, but there’s nothing wrong with that in a puzzle that aims to be on the easy side. Thanks to … Read more >>
This Monday morning’s puzzle is courtesy of SLORMGORM…
Cyclops’ fortnightly offering seems to have been overtaken by events…
The puzzle is available here. Hi all. A puzzle well suited to those of us who are an hour short of shut-eye this morning, although for me at least there was a … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3936.
Tees sets the Saturday challenge this week.
I’m going to pre-empt crypticsue today by calling myself lucky, in having landed a Philistine puzzle to blog, only a month after my last one. It was clear, from a cursory scan of … Read more >>
A breezy challenge from ARTEXLEN to end the workweek.
The ever-reliable Phi provides our Friday challenge as usual.
I can save myself some time by repeating the opening of my blog from last week: “Another great puzzle from Picaroon. Not easy, with some tricky constructions and devious definitions, but well worth … Read more >>
Thank you to Mobo (a tricky new setter). Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Search old parts belonging to record? (8,4) QUESTION MARK : QUEST(a search/a hunt for something) + O(abbrev. … Read more >>
We have a Serpent to tie us up in knots this Thursday.
Basilisk provide's this morning's entertainment
“In 24 clues an extra word must be removed before solving; in clue order, the central letters of these words spell out a creative duo and a cryptically abridged introduction to one of their works. Solvers must reveal the BARE NECESSITIES by deleting the contents of some cells in the final grid to form a thematic shape. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 12, 2022