Never knowingly undersolved
beermagnet The Independent doing their very best to ignore Christmas. Quite right I look forward to puzzles from Tees – he always sets puzzles on my kind of wavelength. I particularly enjoyed this choice … Read more >>
Unusually for Cyclops here was a puzzle with a bit of a hidden theme. Several financial terms crop up as answers. Surely too many for coincidence. Especially with the longest and central answer … Read more >>
First time I’ve blogged a Maize puzzle, and it was a bit of a treat … … except if you’ve ever visited a Disney world and have that earworm lodged in your brain, … Read more >>
Several clues in this puzzle where I had an inkling of the answwer but could not justify it until understanding some surprisingly convoluted wordplay. For example 5A, which I tackled early on, POSTURE seemed … Read more >>
One of those where most answers were easily solved leaving a bunch mostly in the top left corner which I found tricky. What is it about the top left corner? Maybe that’s where setters … Read more >>
There is usually something interesting in a Serpent grid. This time, it seemed like it was was just a bunch of quite tricky clues … … I only got 5 in after the … Read more >>
Who do we think the wastrel is? Maybot, BoJo, Trump itself? Too many to choose from Solving kicked off from the right had side but only resulted in about 10 in at the … Read more >>
This was a absolutely beautiful puzzle to solve. Not only does it have a highly interesting “chain” of 4 answers, but it is also a pangram! I suspected it was a pangram early … Read more >>
Thankfully not quite so much Trumpery in this puzzle. We seem to have a run of Eye puzzles lately where many answers fell into the grid quite quickly leaving few to do after … Read more >>
Oh good. I get to crack a Knut,
and blog it.
Knut has made a name for including recent events in puzzles and this is no exception.
Another Trump-ridden grid. I am getting too used to seeing the Donald used in wordplay. A year ago, six months ago even, it provided a new stamping ground for ironic humour. But he’s still there! Somehow. … Read more >>
Radian making a rare Saturday appearance with a puzzle that made a fool of me, twice! Solving went well to begin with. I made a note: A dozen clues answered at the first pass. Later … Read more >>
A few references to the recent election campaign were included in this grid. The groan-worthy “Strong and stable” will surely be remembered for decades. It is really astonishing how much untruth Lynton Crosby … Read more >>
Cyclops often creates puzzles with clues that range over 2 or more lights in different parts of the grid. I like the way this gives the puzzle a more three dimensional feel and … Read more >>
The Saturday schedule and the blogging cycle is aligned! I get Klingsor again same as I did at his last Saturday outing, which is no bad thing. This time, solving started as before … Read more >>