Never knowingly undersolved
Filbert latest puzzle has been provided for our sheer delectation this Thursday. I found this to be a challenging and at the same time thoroughly entertaining puzzle, a joy to solve from start … Read more >>
Well 30 years since the first EV – clues are 3’s and 0’s, as in that is how they are entered. The zeroes around the number and the threes jumbled between three numbers. … Read more >>
A typical Zamorca puzzle.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28899.
I’m always pleased to see Brendan’s name on a puzzle I’m down to blog, confident that I’m in for an interesting challenge – albeit with a nagging anxiety about detecting a theme. The … Read more >>
One of our regular setters is “Dictionary Corner” guest on Countdown this week. On Tuesday’s episode (Click here) he explains, albeit brief and rushed, a little bit about how the majority of clues … Read more >>
Thanks to Steerpike for today’s puzzle.
Eccles continues to deliver crosswords with excellent surfaces for clever clues. This week we have a crossword with a strong political theme, but I wonder whether Eccles realised that one … Read more >>
As ever from Nutmeg, this was very enjoyable with some very neat clueing. My favourites were 11ac, 23ac, 7dn, 12dn, and 15dn. Thanks to Nutmeg for the puzzle
We have an Inquisitor from Radler this week. We see a Radler puzzle about once a year. the previous one appearing in November 2021. We had a fairly short preamble telling us that … Read more >>
Silvanus provides our Tuesday challenge.
I needed to put on my deerstalker for this offering from Sleuth.
A reasonably testing Azed, though sound and clear in retrospect as usual. I have a minor quibble about the definition in 24d, but that might be my ignorance. Thanks to Azed. Across … Read more >>
An enjoyable and absorbing puzzle.
I believe we have a new Quiptic setter today; I haven’t come across Bartland before.