Never knowingly undersolved
A very enjoyable puzzle from Picaroon that looked rather impenetrable at first, with its many cross-references. I was lucky to guess 19d early on, which led me to the gateway answer at 26,1,10, … Read more >>
I don’t think I’ve blogged a Quiptic before but I was happy to stand in today. This one fills the bill admirably, I think, with a good variety of clue types, all fairly … Read more >>
A gentle start to the week from Chifonie.
I found this one to be very much towards the easier end of the Genius spectrum (probably welcome to some after last month’s Enigmatist), perhaps because I started with the down clues and … Read more >>
Great fun! Thank you Paul.
We feel privileged to be doing the Friday Guardian and what a fun one too!
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27523.
I don’t think it’s a spoiler to say that Boatman has given us a puzzle on the theme of procreation and the family. We have the familiar mix of straightforward and rather more … Read more >>
A fun and tricky solve with a lot of parsing still to do at the end.
A request to step in as holiday cover for a fellow blogger, willingly agreed to. Then it turns out to be Anto. Ah well, other forms of Bank Holiday entertainment are available. … Read more >>
Pasquale’s first appearance in the post-Rufus Monday slot finds him in very benign mood: after a single pass through the clues I had only a handful of gaps. Nevertheless the clear and accurate … Read more >>
Having [unusually] had two consecutive Saturdays without a Paul puzzle has caused a blip in the synchronicity with my monthly blogs that I’ve mentioned several times lately. I think it was Arachne’s request … Read more >>
Despite a few easy clues, I found this quite slow going, particularly in the NW corner, though for no obvious reason on looking back at it. Thanks to Brummie. There’s an impressive number … Read more >>
Not easy, but not too hard a puzzle. Thanks to Nutmeg. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Geriatric‘s party I’m a bit annoyed about (6) DOTARD : DO(a party;social function) + … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27516.