Never knowingly undersolved
Andrew As often happens with my Azed solving these days, I filled in most of the grid quite quickly, with the last half-dozen clues taking considerably longer. There are a couple that I can’t … Read more >>
A pinch and a punch for the first of the month, and a relatively gentle puzzle from Pasquale to ease us into February. As usual there are a few answers that may be … Read more >>
In general I found this a little easier than Nutmeg can sometimes be, though with a few tricky moments. However, it is of the usually high quality and full of invention. Thanks to … Read more >>
Quite a tricky offering from Imogen today, with some obscurities in both answers and wordplay. My first breakthrough was the long answer at 26a, but there were still a few hurdles along the … Read more >>
It’ll be interesting to see what sort of pattern of setters we get for “Easy Monday” after Rufus’s retirement. Chifonie last week, and now Pan, who has been more of a Quiptic setter, … Read more >>
As seems to happen regularly, Vlad softened me up with a few easy clues, but left me struggling afterwards. Still, I got there in the end, and it all looks perfectly reasonable in … Read more >>
It’s a pleasure to have one of Screw’s relatively rare appearances for my last blog of the year. Good fun as always, with some slightly tricky parsings, and quite a few well-concealed definitions, … Read more >>
This was a puzzle where I got about half-way through without too much trouble, and then ground to a halt and took much longer to do the rest. Looking back I see that … Read more >>
Not too difficult for a Brummie, though there are a couple rather obscure words and a few names that may be unfamiliar, though clearly clued. I can’t explain 6d. As usual with this … Read more >>
Puckish fun for a frosty Tuesday morning.
I’m writing this blog in a hurry as a last-minute stand in, so please excuse any errors and omissions. Phssthpok is a fairly rare setter on the FT schedule, typically doing only about … Read more >>
Perhaps not as many cryptic definitions as usual for Rufus, but quite a lot of double defs; in general, the usual undemanding Monday fare. Thanks to Rufus. … Read more >>
A tasty offering from Qaos today…
A superb puzzle from Paul that revealed its secrets satisfyingly and not too quickly. I was rather surprised to find, after getting a few answers in, that there seemed to be a theme … Read more >>
I found this a little harder than average for Chifonie, though with his usual mostly straightforward style. Thanks to Chifonie. Across 4. BOWLER Hat left in shady … Read more >>