Never knowingly undersolved
Thank you to Bobcat. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Military Intelligence backed sanctions ending early deadlock (7) IMPASSE : Reversal of(… backed) MI(abbrev. for “Military Intelligence”, as in “MI5”) + … Read more >>
A warm welcome to IN. Preamble: Every answer in each odd-numbered row must be partially jumbled (usually resulting in a non-word) to show a sequence of names. A three-word phrase must be … Read more >>
A fun solve – it’s been a while since I’ve seen a weekday cryptic from Maskarade. Favourites were 25ac, 16dn, 19dn, and 24dn. Thanks to Maskarade for the puzzle.
Tuesday is one of the days in the Independent where you never know who the setter will be. This week it is one of the most prolific setters, Tees However, … Read more >>
A plain puzzle from Azed this week. This was a standard Azed offering with precise wordplay and interesting surfaces hiding plenty of misdirection. As ever, my vocabulary increased as a … Read more >>