Never knowingly undersolved
February is more than a little damp this year – but a Bluebird brings some light relief to the drudgery of the greyness of winter. Nothing hidden in the grid that I have … Read more >>
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
A chewy challenge this week from Vlad.
Mr Snaky is back. His first Listener (4763) was about Pascal’s Theorem and it looks as we have more geometry this time too.
As custom dictates, Phi brings the latest suite of working week puzzles to an end this Friday.
A solid challenge from SOLOMON which was a lot of fun.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29923.
Tack is a setter who appears every two or three months in the Independent.
Neo is the setter of the FT puzzle this morning.
I am filling in for Eileen again. I regularly blog the Financial Times, so it has been a while since I solved a Philistine . . .
Chalicea has some ‘inspirational’ COLUMNS for us this week, although my first instinct on hearing the word ‘column’ is to think of data in tables or Excel files…less inspirational than than Doric or Ionic columns, or even well-written newspaper features…
Great fun from Monk.
An enjoyable solve – I especially liked 8ac, 25ac, 5dn, and 6dn. Thanks to Alia for the puzzle
Wednesday amusement (though not for the easily offended) from a regular Independent setter.
Welcome to Hawk – new to the Inquisitor but not to the Listener.