Never knowingly undersolved
Quite an easy one for a Friday, I thought, but neatly clued and with some nice touches. Thanks to Fed. Across 8,9 NO‑CLAIMS BONUS Musical snob on convoluted reason cover can be discounted? … Read more >>
A good challenge from NEO this Friday.
A typical Guy puzzle today.
Mev has provided today’s teaser to keep the old brain ticking over on this cold winter’s day. I found this to be towards the hard end of the Indy spectrum in terms of … Read more >>
Thank you to Paul. This is one for the birds. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Little character shown by husband in corporation occupying permanent residence (3,5) TOM THUMB : [ … Read more >>
Hi everyone. Skylark invites us to play in a world of shadows …
Many thanks to IO for this morning’s challenge.
Wednesday is usually a theme free day in the Independent cryptic series where we get excellent crosswords focused on the clues and the entries. Filbert continues the Wednesday tradition with … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29281.
Chalicea has been setting Inquisitor puzzles since 2011 and this is her thirtieth in her own name. Chalicea tends to come up with quirky themes and has done so … Read more >>
Picaroon puzzles are coming thick and fast these days – it’s just a week since the last one and this is the third already this year. I’m not one to complain … Our … Read more >>
Atrica shows up around here every couple of months, often on a Tuesday.
I zipped through about half of this before getting really bogged down on some tough/witty clues, then having the last few solutions fall rather quickly into place. Hats off to Slormgorm.
Thanks for all the responses. Clearly the overwhelming response is a BIG THUMBS DOWN. And this idea is now dead in the water.
Carpathian is good at setting Quiptic puzzles, and here she is again.