Never knowingly undersolved
Gaufrid A surprisingly easy puzzle for a Wednesday, particularly considering it was set by Cinephile, with a theme involving British Prime Ministers from 1963 to date and a ‘hopeful’. Early solving of 4a quickly … Read more >>
A pleasant solve today though perhaps not as hard as is usual for a Wednesday. There may be some errors or typos below because I am having some work done on the house … Read more >>
This was a relatively straightforward puzzle with an easy to find theme since it was clearly indicated by the extra letters in the wordplay and the ‘three components’ in ‘appropriate relative positions’ could … Read more >>
My apologies for this being posted later than usual. There appears to have been a problem with the scheduled blog. As with my Azed blog a couple of weeks back, I didn’t know I … Read more >>
A themed puzzle today involving golf clubs, all of which were familiar to me from previous crosswords. In fact I have a vague recollection of another puzzle that used the same theme. I … Read more >>
This was, I think, the hardest Genius puzzle since the Guardian site became freely available. I only managed to solve just over a third of the clues in the first session and then … Read more >>
Not a good start to the second half of the year for me as there are two clues I’m unable to parse (9a & 12a). I also think one of the clues is … Read more >>
I don’t recognise the setter’s pseudonym so it is either a new contributor or a rebranding of an existing one for the purpose of this tennis related puzzle. Nothing particularly difficult today though … Read more >>
Being Wimbledon fortnight I suppose we might have had strawberries sometime but instead we got a single straw[berry] plus a lot of other berries. Pity there was no cream to go with them! … Read more >>
As usual with an Azed, I came across some words I had not met before, though all could be readily determined from the wordplay and a little help from Chambers. It took me a … Read more >>
So that comments may at times be put more into context, and to perhaps brighten up the site a bit, I have activated graphic emoticons (smileys). The following may be used. Just type … Read more >>
It seems another blogger has been prevented from posting for one reason or another so I’m afraid you will have to put up with me again. A lot of excellent clues today and … Read more >>
Unlike the last EV I blogged, I made steady progress with this one. Having got ‘ignorance’ twice, but not the author, I might have finished sooner if I possessed an earlier edition of … Read more >>
I do enjoy Araucaria’s libertarianism and today was no exception. A mini theme revolving around ‘the House’ which, according to Chambers, can be “at Oxford, Christ Church (Aedes Christi), in London, the Stock … Read more >>
A good assortment of clue types today in a moderately challenging puzzle. As usual with Monk, all clues were scrupulously fair but so far I have been unable to understand the wordplay in 21a. … Read more >>