Never knowingly undersolved
This is beginning to be embarrassing – my third consecutive Arachne blog. [It’s a good job my fellow-bloggers know how our rota works and that there’s no chicanery on my part.] It’s difficult … Read more >>
Enjoyable, but a bit of a struggle…
At the risk of repeating myself, I am still not warming to Otterden’s style. Although there are some nice ideas here, but there are just too many examples where, for me, the cryptic … Read more >>
Good morning, back to Rufus after last week’s unexpected Nutmeg appearance
The lunar eclipse was awesome. Was this Quiptic awesome? Perhaps not, but I’m only your ‘umble blogger. I wouldn’t pay too much attention to my opinion of this puzzle, since I’ve been up … Read more >>
A most entertaining crossword that I found very difficult. Usually I solve Paul’s puzzles much more quickly than I did this one. Was it just me having a bad day or did other people think this was hard too?
(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) A slow start, but it worked … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26685.
Another gem of a puzzle from Picaroon, with his characteristic ingenious cluing and witty misdirection, along with excellent surfaces throughout. Most enjoyable – many thanks to Picaroon for providing such a good start … Read more >>
Found this tough, but with lots of fun and inventive cluing. A ‘singing’ theme in the clues…
Thanks Provis for an enjoyable puzzle (which I had to do in a hurry; and sorry for the delay). Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Support person on call (5,2) STAND BY … Read more >>
A pleasant surprise to see Nutmeg’s name today, but this was definitely not your usual “easy” Monday puzzle, with a couple of obscure words and some tricky clueing. So, a slight shock to … Read more >>
A real sense of déjà vu – twice over, for me. Crucible gave us a similarly-themed puzzle this time last year – and I was lucky enough to blog that one, too. I don’t … Read more >>
Well, that was fun! Another of Tramp’s puzzles where many of the clues are related to a theme, but almost no knowledge of the theme is needed to solve them. The theme of … Read more >>
(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) A tougher than average Cryptic I … Read more >>