Never knowingly undersolved
The puzzle may be found here:
https://www.fifteensquared.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Armistice-4Oct10_Redacted.pdf
This puzzle definitely felt like a change of pace for me, with some of the cluing outside the conventions of the puzzles that I normally solve. There were a couple of solutions that I could not parse without the setter’s explanations, which was not so much the fault of the clues as a result of my lack of the requisite GK.
A delightful puzzle from Amoeba. Apart from a couple of NHO oddities (both eminently guessable from the wordplay), this solve was smooth sailing. The puzzle may be found here: https://www.fifteensquared.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Amoeba-SB-2024.pdf
Tyrus provides today’s brainteaser.
This is the thirtieth Guardian Quick Cryptic, a series of 11 x 11 crosswords designed to support beginners learning cryptic crosswords. The whole point of these crosswords is support and encouragement of new solvers, so special rules for these crosswords apply – see here. There is a summary of the tricks used in the first six months here. This puzzle can be found here.
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 19, 2024
With a Pasquale Prize Crossword you know you are going to get a well-constructed puzzle, perhaps with a couple of lesser-known words in the entries. Pasquale’s puzzles usually include entries … Read more >>
A good mixture of clues, with some easy ones to get things started and a few that took a bit of working out. Thanks to Tramp for the entertaining challenge. Best wishes to … Read more >>
It’s the end of the week and we have a Phi puzzle to solve. No complaints here – lots of smooth surfaces as always.
A gentle workout from ZAMORCA today.
Methuselah has served up a cruciverbal feast for our delectation today, with plenty to get one’s teeth into and to savour. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle from start to finish, finding it to … Read more >>
Good morning Guardian solvers. I’m being allowed to come over from the Indy dark side on another guest spot, so I guess my last one wasn’t so heinous.
A new setter in the FT stable (or should that be kennel)?
Hi everybody, and away we go …
A handy reminder of the weekend’s itinerary: