Never knowingly undersolved
Thank you to Picaroon. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1, 6. Conservative listing dodgy deal is in the dailies (8,6) CLEANING LADIES : C(abbrev. for a member of the Conservative Party) … Read more >>
A cracking puzzle from Guy.
Rodriguez sets the Independent puzzle this Thursday. I thought the clue for STONY BROKE at 9 across was excellent – good surface and complex wordplay. I also liked the clue … Read more >>
No fancy clueing devices from X-type this week, but we have a perimetral message, and something that looks like a speedometer in the middle of the grid, which is a first, I think! Are we going train-spotting?…FULL STEAM AHEAD!
One of the Independent‘s most regular and reliable setters provides our puzzle today.
Quite the challenge this morning from Monk.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29132.
Thank you to Aardvark Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Creator of 10 computer games keeping quiet about animated character (5,7) HOMER SIMPSON : HOMER(Greek poet, creator of the epic poem … Read more >>
Inkling’s only puzzle for the Inquisitor – Preamble: In nineteen down clues, wordplay leads to the answer with an extra letter. In clue order, these letters provide definitions to the two unclued … Read more >>
My first blog of a Brockwell puzzle: this is only his third appearance and the first two were in the Prize slot. The previous puzzles were heavily themed: the first celebrated the fiftieth … Read more >>
Atrica provides us with today’s challenge.
BRADMAN kicks off the week… Apologies for the lateness of this, and the formatting being a bit off, and for a lack of grid image – had some issues with the blogging tool … Read more >>
I found this to be a very enjoyable and inventive puzzle which was on the more difficult side.
Many delightful surface readings in this morning’s Quiptic from Bartland, with only the slightly solver-unfriendly grid ratcheting up the difficulty level. I enjoyed this one. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad … Read more >>
A few extra tricks compared to most Mondays – my favourites were 8ac, 9ac, 12ac/14ac, 1dn, 3dn, and 7dn. Thanks to Philistine