Never knowingly undersolved
It’s good to see Qaos slipping into the Saturday slot, with what was, for me, a really entertaining and enjoyable solve, as I would expect from him. At least with Qaos we don’t … Read more >>
Very enjoyable and mostly quite tough, with the long outer solutions helping a lot. 8/17 was particularly excellent, and I had many other favourites including 11ac, 19ac, 24ac, 28/29, 1/21, 4dn, and 5dn. Thanks to Picaroon
Quite a tricky one from Tramp today, with some devious constructions. There’s a bit of a Christmassy feel to it, with HOLLY, TREES, DASHER, and perhaps CHINESE LANTERNS, though probably not enough to … Read more >>
Nutmeg serves up a range of clever clues this morning.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28376.
Vulcan starts the week with a straightforward and enjoyable puzzle, containing some excellent anagrams to help things along. There are some very nice surfaces, too. Thanks to Vulcan for the puzzle. Definitions are … Read more >>
Anto has the Quiptic for us this morning. A very generous, solver-friendly, grid made up for some tricky clueing, I thought. You? Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition … Read more >>
Sorry for the late and rushed post! This was a fun and fairly easy puzzle from Philistine. There was a minor theme of CORVIDs – crow, magpie and raven, but no COVID / … Read more >>
After what a number of commenters have called a tough week, we have a more straightforward puzzle from Brummie to round it off. We never know whether or not to expect a theme … Read more >>
Tough and a very fun – I had a huge smile after 17dn, and other favourites included 9ac, 11ac, 12ac, and 15dn. Lots of thanks to Vlad for the puzzle
A divine offering from Paul today…
What an honour to be able to blog this puzzle.
A slightly harder Quiptic today, with a few unusual words and definitions, but still enjoyable.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28369.
An alphabetical jigsaw, said by Paul to be inspired by his hero, John Graham (Araucaria) who would have celebrated his hundredth birthday in the next couple of weeks, but sadly died a few years ago now.