Never knowingly undersolved
Gaufrid Well, we have come to the start of another year (where did the last one go, it only seems like a few months since I was last writing one of these posts!). I … Read more >>
The scheduled blogger has been having Internet access problems but he hoped to have been able to publish a post earlier today. It is now early evening and his blog has still not … Read more >>
Another Brummie appears on a day when I am standing in for someone who is away, not that I’m objecting. However, this time the parsing of one of the clues has defeated me, … Read more >>
I think this one meets the remit. Nothing too tricky so a reasonably quick solve for me, and I wouldn’t imagine that it would take that much longer for a relative newcomer to … Read more >>
Well, the instructions told us that “The solution indicated by the wordplay in each of the 26 clues is lacking a required letter. Each letter of the alphabet is missing from a particular … Read more >>
The hardest thing when blogging an Everyman is finding something to say in the preamble. There is seldom anything to quibble about in the clues and errors are even rarer. Today is no … Read more >>
It’s Friday, it’s the Indy, it’s Phi – nothing ever changes (well, only very occasionally). This is the second time in recent weeks that I have been able to spot a Phi theme … Read more >>
It has become almost the norm for the Tuesday Indy to have a theme and today is no exception …
Vlad at his trickiest! With a completely empty grid after my first pass through the clues I thought I was going to struggle with this one, and so it proved, but I got … Read more >>
It would seem that loonapick, the scheduled blogger, is out of the country for longer than the two weeks that I originally agreed to cover for him. Either that or something else has prevented … Read more >>
One of the things I like about Lohengrin’s puzzles is the misdirection and today was no exception. Many times I was misled as to the definition, which seemed obvious on first reading the … Read more >>
This one meets the remit nicely. A good cross-section of clue types, some pleasing surfaces and nothing obscure (apart from perhaps the archaic word in 2dn). I think this was probably my first … Read more >>
Well, this one was different! Normally I enjoy Hamilton’s puzzles but this one left me rather confused as there seemed to be some extraneous words in several clues (or at least some that … Read more >>
What can I say, particularly at this time of the morning (or rather night). A typical Picaroon, yes. An enjoyable solve, definitely. A challenge, most certainly. Should I have gone to bed instead … Read more >>
The usual smooth offering from Everyman today which results in my having little to say. No cryptic definitions, which will no doubt please some people, and only a couple of double definitions, so … Read more >>