Independent 8732 / eXternal
eXternal has given us plenty to get our teeth into this Thursday morning. I found this puzzle exceptionally difficult to get into, and for a long time I had solved only one clue, … Read more >>
Never knowingly undersolved
eXternal has given us plenty to get our teeth into this Thursday morning. I found this puzzle exceptionally difficult to get into, and for a long time I had solved only one clue, … Read more >>
Friday is Phi-day, of course, and Phi has duly served up his latest cruciverbal offering for us. I found that I worked my way through this one at a fairly steady pace before … Read more >>
Scorpion has filled today’s slot with a puzzle that befits Ryder Cup week. References to golf abound in this puzzle, either in clues – e.g. 4, 25D – or solutions – e.g. 8, … Read more >>
It was no surprise to find Dac occupying the Wednesday slot this week. Nor was it a surprise to find another set of carefully crafted, highly sound clues. Overall, I found that this … Read more >>
Tyrus is the cruciverbal brain behind today’s puzzle, on a grid allowing for as many as five 15-letter entries. I found this to be a fairly tough and above all highly entertaining solve. … Read more >>
Monk is occupying Phi’s usual Friday slot today. Having solved the puzzle, I see no particular reason, e.g. a theme or anniversary, that would explain why Friday is not Phiday this week, but … Read more >>
It has fallen to Scorpion to put us through our cruciverbal paces today. I had to chip away at this one, gradually working my way through the clues, rather than solving them in … Read more >>
It is Wednesday today and thus home to Dac’s latest offering. Dac has served up another set of succinct clues with silky smooth surfaces – his trademark, in other words. It took longer … Read more >>
The Thursday slot, home to a wide variety of compilers, is hosting Morph’s latest offering today. I found this puzzle quite a challenge, and after an initial flurry of ten or so clues, … Read more >>
It’s Friday today, so it’s almost guaranteed to be a Phi-day! I made pretty steady progress through this one, struggling with 17 and 18 in the SE quadrant and 7, 8 and 11 … Read more >>
It is Tuesday today, the slot being occupied by Monk this week. It is a long time since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Monk. I made steady, rather … Read more >>
Dac is occupying his traditional Wednesday slot, while this blogger is exceptionally late with his blog for technical reasons beyond his control, alas. Finding a wi-fi network strong enough to upload this blog … Read more >>
It has fallen to Morph to occupy the Thursday compiling slot this week and to me to occupy the associated blogging slot. I thoroughly enjoyed this one, which provided a moderate-to-difficult challenge and … Read more >>
It wouldn’t be Friday without Phi, would it?! I found this tougher than the average Phi puzzle and made fairly slow progress through the whole grid. The SE corner proved to be the … Read more >>
It’s Tuesday today, with its typical pot pourri of compilers, and today it falls for me to do battle with Hob. I found solving and blogging this puzzle involved quite a lot of … Read more >>