Never knowingly undersolved
PeeDee For those that don’t already know, Biggles is used a psedonym on crosswords compiled as a group effort from Araucaria, Enigmatist, Paul and Shed. Biggles was the eponymous WWII hero of the series of novels by … Read more >>
A difficult, but very good crossword from Monk with many good clues to choose from. There are so many misleading surfaces and red-herrings that for a while I was staring at a blank grid not … Read more >>
A very enjoyable crossword from Aardvark. No themes, multiple linked clues or other funny business, just straight down the line crossword fun. My favourite clues were 1ac and 28ac. 1 across took me an … Read more >>
Gozo is in fine form today, well worth having a go at this one if you have not already done so. Gozo is something of a specialist in filling the grid, and this … Read more >>
Araucaria in a solidly libertarian frame of mind for this puzzle. Some people will complain, some won’t care, some won’t notice. Personally, I’m in the ‘not care’ category, though I don’t think I would be so forgiving … Read more >>
Cinephile gets everything right in this crossword: inventive, varied, no sloppy clues and exactly the right level of difficulty. Altogether a pleasure to solve and a pleasure to blog. Thanks Cinephile. Hold mouse over … Read more >>
Classic fare from Cinephile – inventive, witty and good fun. There are the usual vagueries, I have pointed out the ones that annoyed me. These seem as though they would easy to fix for … Read more >>
A mixed avian theme this week with birds, bird songs and Birdsong. The clues are very tight, no unused words or vague cryptic definitions – nice one Paul. Across 1 TITCHY sCavenging cHeetah … Read more >>
A great crossword from Gozo, very enjoyable and I managed it with only a little help from Wikipedia this time. This is the second Shakespearean character anagram crossword I have blogged from Gozo. … Read more >>
A very good crossword from Gaff, which I enjoyed immensely. I started late, as I had to retrieve a sick child from school, and then after a long time was still staring a grid … Read more >>
A gentle start to the week from Rufus – enjoyable, witty and not too taxing on the brain first thing on a Monday morning. Hold mouse over clue number to see clue, click a solution to … Read more >>
A nice crossword today from Gozo with a good range of clues, some quite easy and some more tricky. Something for everybody I thought. I also learned quite a few interesting facts researching the solutions for … Read more >>
A nice enough crossword from Araucaria, but not one that really grabbed my attention. I got the feeling that Arucaria could have produced something much cleverer with this theme if he had really put his … Read more >>
Another enjoyable mixed bag from Cinephile. We get the full range from the sublime (12) and the fiendish (21 ac) to the obscure (10) and just plain rubbish (17, 19). It was much easier to guess the answers than to … Read more >>
A pleasant and not too difficult crossword today. Yet another crossword I have solved recently from Mudd/Paul/Punk with references to ‘arses/bottoms/bums’ (17 across). This seems to be becoming something of a signature from him, make of that whatever you will. My … Read more >>