Never knowingly undersolved
For a while now, I’ve been used to prefacing my blogs of Imogen’s Prize puzzles with a comment that they appear very rarely: I think this is only the sixth in six years … Read more >>
Cyclops seems to have some fundamental things on his mind, this fortnight…
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 31, 2024
A solid challenge from JASON which necessitated googling for confirming a couple of parses.
Pasquale rounds off the weekday cryptics with a characteristically well-clued and interesting puzzle. This time there were no words I hadn’t heard of but one or two unusual usages, perhaps and just one … Read more >>
Our regular Phiday challenge.
This is my first blog of a Maskarade jumbo prize crossword although I have solved a few in recent years.
A fun solve with some very nice surfaces. My favourites were 1ac, 8ac, 6dn, and 22dn. Thanks to Picaroon
Superfluous words to be removed to generate a thematic word and extra letter. These can then be used to fill the two unclued entries. Now that is a simple preamble for once. I … Read more >>
This puzzle is available to solve online or download here.
A straightforward puzzle from Steerpike this morning…
Thanks to Basilisk for a fantastic puzzle.
Filbert is occupying the mid-week slot this week with his latest creation. I found this to be a pleasurable puzzle, of medium difficulty by Indy standards. I think that I have managed to … Read more >>
An entertaining puzzle for an overcast Wednesday morning. Thanks to Qaos. Looking for the inevitable theme, I see a number of words that can go with SALAD: FRUIT, OLIVIER (I had to check … Read more >>
There’s a lot of it about, you know. Rough justice, that is. Thirteen clues contain a consecutive pair of extra letters which must be removed before solving, always leaving real words. In clue … Read more >>