Never knowingly undersolved
Thank you to Carpathian. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Wrote about love master arranged (8) COMPOSED : C(abbrev. for “circa”/about when refering to years or periods of time) + O(letter … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28429.
A worthy Saturday challenge from master-grid-filler Brendan, with another masterpiece of grid-filling. We know to expect some kind of theme from Brendan. As usual, I tackled the clues in order, so it wasn’t … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28427.
As always, it’s a delight to find a Picaroon puzzle for my blog. When I entered the answer to 22ac (I hadn’t yet solved 5,9 and 13ac) I thought it was rather … Read more >>
A mix of difficulties, with some clues going in very quickly at the beginning, and others with trickier bits of parsing that took a while to sort out. Favourites were 1ac, 19ac, 20ac, and 17/22. Thanks to Philistine
I blogged Nutmeg’s previous puzzle, and said then that was “a nice mixture of easy clues to get me started and some chewier ones that took a bit of teasing out”, and this … Read more >>
A straightforward, but enjoyable, start to the solving week.
A sound Quiptic from Hectence, with one or two trickier clues that less experienced solvers might have needed some crossers for. But isn’t that how most crosswords work – get a foothold and … Read more >>
Top quality stuff from Paul, as usual. I got very stuck on this for reasons that I don’t really see in retrospect, so I’m curious about how tricky other people found it! Across … Read more >>
Thank you to Paul for this themed puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. “22” refers to (Lewis) Carroll, answer to 22 across. Across 1. On blacklist, a so-called piece of music, creation … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28420.
Imogen fills the mid-week slot today, with his customary medley of some straightforward and some more challenging clues – all mostly fairly and elegantly done. My favourites today were 4, 10 and 22 … Read more >>
Some very fun clues here – I especially liked 5ac, 25ac, 1dn, 3dn, 18dn, and all of the long solutions. Thanks to Picaroon for the puzzle.
A bit tricky for a Quiptic, I thought.