Never knowingly undersolved
A new setter makes his Guardian debut, and a very promising one, with a good variety of sound clues. I found this quite hard, perhaps partly because I didn’t know what to expect, … Read more >>
Late on parade; apologies. Laptop meltdown when I was about to post. Has anyone else screamed abuse at an inanimate object? Enjoyed it, but a bit hard for a … Read more >>
Good morning, as expected a Rufus for a bright and cold Monday here in Suffolk after a wet and windy night.
The special instructions seemed vaguely familiar, and after a bit of searching I found that the idea of the definition applying to the answer of a different clue was used a couple of … Read more >>
It’s always a pleasure to post about a Pasquale crossword, which for me hasn’t come round in a while. This one had a theme, introduced in this rubric: Eight solutions are individuals 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.) Slow to get started, but the … Read more >>
THe puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26505.
I enjoyed solving this one. As one who delights in witty, story-telling surfaces, I’ve sometimes despaired of some of Brummie’s but there are some really interesting pictures conjured up by some of these! … Read more >>
Lots of fun today from Nutmeg, with plenty of misdirection – favourites were 24ac, 26ac, and 3/25dn.
Eleven cryptic definitions out of 26 clues? I think that must be a record, even for a Rufus puzzle; and some of them are rather weak, or otherwise satisfactory, as noted below. So, … Read more >>
A nicely judged offering from Quiptic regular Pan.
A good variety of clue types, and some nice surface readings and touches of humour. All in all, a very enjoyable start to the cryptic week.
An alphabetical jigsaw – with rhyming couplets, no less! – to celebrate what would have been Araucaria’s 94th birthday on Monday of this week.
Some good Puckish fun today – nicely positioned in difficulty, but with a twist… … as well as some cross-referencing between clues, there’s a theme of clues that are, or use, some of … Read more >>
Scchua is away celebrating the Chinese new year so you’ve got me you lucky chaps & chapesses
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26498.