Never knowingly undersolved
beermagnet Some particularly fine smutty surface readings to the clues this week. The simple but effective 18A is my favourite. Across 1 POMPOM Member squeezed between balls during Cameron’s fancy ball? (6) MP (member) … Read more >>
This puzzle had a enormous range of difficulty. The short clues somehow stood out when I first glanced at the puzzle, and as they were eminently gettable double-defs, oddly enough the top right … Read more >>
Similar to the last issue, this crossword was noticeably tougher than the usual difficulty level for the Eye crossword… … and I for one found that all the more enjoyable for it. There … Read more >>
Don’t know about anyone else but I’m still reeling from the Xmas giant, so this normal sized grid seemed small… … and the level of difficulty not too great – (e.g. compared to … Read more >>
“So this is Christmas, and what have you done Another year over, a new one just begun” Tell you what we’ve done John, another massive Eye Crossword! As usual there is a giant … Read more >>
The gods of the old year brought me another Tees to blog, which is fine by me. I always find Tees’ puzzles a pleasure as his clues always make some kind of sense … Read more >>
I always like puzzles by Tees and there was plenty to appreciate here: A wide range of clue devices, Offbeat references within suitable surfaces, Cheeky theme. There were a few obscurities that required looking … Read more >>
This was certainly a topping crossword … …there were a variety of tops in it: Jersey, Poncho, Kimono. I must’ve been “on song” solving this, one lunchtime, as I had solved all but … Read more >>
I have had a couple of weeks of utterly manic work and have been meaning to do this blog for ages, but here we are, late Sunday and it’s not started and I’m … Read more >>
… and under us. As this grid is topped and tailed with Kate and Wills on the top and bottom, and in the middle row. All these had clues of the same kind … Read more >>
Nimrod has put on his fedora, strapped his bullwhip to his belt, stuffed a revolver in his shirt and gone on an archeological adventure in Chambers. And we had to follow in his … Read more >>
I solved this one before I realised I was going to blog it and haven’t made any contemporaneous notes. I can’t even remember which was the first clue answered, nor which was the … Read more >>
An enjoyable solve. Although more than half fell in the first pass, the rest needed deconstruction of some interesting wordplay. Solving and blogging this took place at a time when there was a … Read more >>
Bannsider has raided his “special list”. You know the one… … The one he compiles when leafing through Chambers and comes across something outrageous, preferably in a sub-entry so it’s especially hard to spot. … Read more >>
If I say I only had 5 to go after the “first pass” (all clues attempted) that will make it seem it was a easy Eye crossword or else I was on fire. … Read more >>