Never knowingly undersolved
Nothing to do with shell-less molluscs’ equivalent of Glasto – … the political fight it seems Cyclops is looking forward to at 5d is unlikely to involve many bare knuckles. Maybe a few … Read more >>
Does Paul have a warning for his solvers in this puzzle?…
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 7, 2023
Thank you to Vlad. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1,9. One saved by 11 giving medals? (6,2,8) DAMSEL IN DISTRESS : Reverse clue: Anagram of(… IN DISTRESS) DAMSEL =(giving) “medals“. Defn: … Read more >>
As is the case with most Fridays we have an Independent puzzle from Phi today. There seems to be a clash between the wordplay and the definition at 19 down, … Read more >>
A splendid puzzle from GAFF to end the work week.
A Thursday challenge from Bluth today.
A straightforward offering from Leonidas this morning.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29199.
“The two unclued ADVERSARIES must be changed to the phrase uttered when one caught sight of the other (creating real-word crossing entries). Single-letter clashes occur in five cells; the letters to be kept spell out who actually spoke these words. Solvers must highlight six cells in a straight line offering (overlapping) four-word confirmation of the sighting. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
Are you intending to compile a crossword for this year’s S&B in York? Would you like it blogged on 225? If so please add a comment to this post. The bloggers will obviously … Read more >>
It’s Brummie filling the midweek slot this morning. There are several less common words here but I found the solving quite straightforward, with a fair number of charades. I failed to spot a … Read more >>
We missed blogging Filbert last week as we swapped with Quirister.
Top class puzzle from Basilisk, as ever.
Grecian, a compiler whose work I am not that familiar with, has provided our Tuesday teaser this week. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle with some very original wordplay, which I … Read more >>