Never knowingly undersolved
A little easier than Paul puzzles have been of late, I thought, but still with plenty of tricky clues, and some nicely-concealed definitions. Thanks to Paul. Across 4,23 ROTTEN APPLES Weasels ten … Read more >>
A no-show today by the scheduled blogger so here is an analysis of the clues. Across 1 Stoppage time with Italian team getting goal (12) INTERMISSION – INTER (Italian team) MISSION (goal) 9 … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28503.
A fairly straightforward puzzle from Qaos, with some nice clues, such as 16, 25 and 29ac and 2, 3 and 24dn and one new word for me at 25dn. There must be a … Read more >>
Thank you to Hectence. Definitions are underlined in the clues. P.S. Thanks also to Gaufrid for standing in in my absence 4 weeks ago. Across 7. Charlie’s copying Mike in holidaying under canvas … Read more >>
A pleasant solve with some neat clueing – favourites today were 1ac, 19ac, 25ac, and 1dn. Thanks to Vulcan for the puzzle.
On Saturday mornings, I usually look at the blog of the previous Saturday’s puzzle before starting on the new one. If I’d done that last week, I would have seen the note from … Read more >>
I got stuck for a little while in the southeast corner – overall, not the trickiest Paul. Favourites were 14ac, 25/17, 26ac, 18dn, and 21dn. Thanks Paul for the puzzle.
A little bit of respite after two tough puzzles from Boatman and Vlad, but there’s still plenty to chew over and enjoy here. Thanks to Picaroon. Across 1 GROUNDHOG DAY Film Aussie’s … Read more >>
A toughie from the Impaler this morning.
I blogged the last Boatman puzzle, which I was surprised to see was three and a half months ago. This puzzle incorporates several of Boatman’s trademarks: the word ‘prime’ appears in lots of … Read more >>
A Quiptic from Matilda that mainly did what it is intended to do. I do have a couple of niggles, however. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28495.
I found I was very much on Brummie’s wavelength, so romped through this one. (I do the Private Eye crossword, so I’m used to his style from his other incarnation as Cyclops there, … Read more >>
Pasquale rounds off the week with an interesting and enjoyable puzzle. Apart from the exotic bird in 14dn, there were no words which were new to me or particularly obscure. The cluing is … Read more >>