Never knowingly undersolved
beermagnet Some inventive wordplay in several of the clues within this grid. So much so I have difficulty describing constructions such as 25A JEST (super-definition?) and 19D OBERON (un-hidden? regularly-hidden?). As usual with Nestor … Read more >>
My subscription copy of this issue did turn up – a week late. A little bit of snow and the world stops round here. And with much more snow on the ground as … Read more >>
So it was at the London Sloggers’n’Betters in The Salisbury that I realised that almost a week had passed and I hadn’t finished this puzzle. In fact I had only got 10 answers … Read more >>
A Leo Tolstoy themed puzzle because 20-Nov-2010 was exactly 100 years since the great man’s death. I started the puzzle early on the day and didn’t know this till listening to the Today … Read more >>
I’m well aware that when we bloggers baldly present the answers and wordplay it can make the solving process seem all too easy. But for some of us our calm exterior belies frantic … Read more >>
Lovely stuff as usual. Nothing too tricky or unexplained this time. Pleasant solve over a couple of pints. I noted I had 9 unsolved when starting pint number two. Across 8/16 ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION … Read more >>
The Indy’s Prize schedule and the blogging calendar have lately coincided so that more often than not I end up with Nestor. I find his crosswords a bit easier than the likes of … Read more >>
Good work from Cyclops in this crossy. Some clues easy enough to cold solve to get going but funny, and a few tricky ones that fall after a few crossing letters. I nearly … Read more >>
If there is a theme to this crossword it is that several clues refer to the male member, some in ways that I, as a sensitive soul, find difficult to contemplate. Jacqui Smith … Read more >>
Punk (Paul really) is promised at a gathering in a few weeks: Nov 30: Secrets of the setters. In this crossword I felt he did not push the boundaries of his “libertarian” tag. … Read more >>
I got one wrong. And I even sent in my entry for the prize competition with it wrong. So I’m expecting my entry to be picked from the gazillions – and then rejected. … Read more >>
Another excellent crossword from our resident setter with no depth to his vision – presumably that’s why he concentrates on the clue’s surface. Across 7 GOVERNMENT G (A large sum) OVER (surplus) [brow]N … Read more >>
I can’t spell Tiananmen. I had it as Tiannamen for ages which held me up on the SW corner and 15D in particular of course. In fact, I would’ve spelt it Tianamen except … Read more >>
Half-way through solving this I thought I was on for a record time – covering half the grid in a very few minutes. Then I slowed and then got interrupted by Real Life. … Read more >>
I made a note that I only had 10 answers in place after the first pint, which is an indication that this was harder than the last few Eye crossies. On the other … Read more >>