Never knowingly undersolved
What a super puzzle! – and one most worthy of the Prize slot. I found it a challenge but an absorbing one – I was never completely stuck and the clues unravelled at a very … Read more >>
Looking back – it’s a long time since I blogged an Otterden puzzle – I find I’m once again going to echo the opening words of Andrew’s preamble to the most recent puzzle: … Read more >>
Lots of well-clued fun from Qaos today…
I rattled through most of this pretty quickly, helped by a lot of anagrams and some other rather obvious clues. I have a nagging worry that I’m missing a theme here, but I … Read more >>
Special instructions – 4 clues had no definition. I found this a bit of struggle to get going with some unusual clue formations.
A fine Quiptic from Moley. Just right for engaging brain on a Monday morning. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26724.
This was the usual very high standard of puzzle from Paul; we didn’t find it too difficult and there were plenty of clues to make us smile 🙂 Across 9. Spooner’s rejection of … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26722.
An enjoyable puzzle from Paul, with precise cluing, which helped with a couple of less well known words, and some amusing wordplay and surfaces. The theme is the eight Ivy League Universities – … Read more >>
I’m always excited to see Arachne’s name at the top of the puzzle, and as usual she provides an entertaining challenge full of misdirection. Many lovely clues, but favourites were 10ac, 21ac, 27ac and 28ac.
An entertaining and not-too-difficult puzzle from Picaroon. I spotted the theme almost immediately from 9a and 10a, but it didn’t help greatly, as all of the 13 fish (shown in blue below) have … Read more >>
Wot no Rufus? A relatively gentle Orlando is always a welcome change.
An enjoyable dip into the week’s cryptic waters from Quiptic regular Provis.
A ‘centripetal’ jigsaw, with 20 clues in a mystery sequence, two unclued ‘kitchen items’, and a solitary square in the middle to be deduced as an ‘appropriate’ Roman numeral. Help! Stop the world, … Read more >>