Never knowingly undersolved
Phi is occupying his usual Friday slot today. Personally speaking, I found this towards the easier end of the Phi spectrum and didn’t come unstuck with a handful of clues at the end, … Read more >>
Hob has given us a topical puzzle. For those who like the topic this puzzle will be enjoyable. For those who don’t like the topic this may have been a … Read more >>
For some reason I found this unusually hard for a Dac, but the trademark qualities are still all there — just as good as ever. Perhaps it was because there seemed to be slightly fewer clues than normal involving anagrams. I don’t know.
Definitions underlined.
We’re not giving anything away in the preamble when we state that there was an Olympian theme to the puzzle today. We may be missing something but the chosen Olympians seem to … Read more >>
Not my cup of tea, but I’m sure others will have enjoyed it. Help on a couple, please. I’m not keen on these types of puzzles: an unhelpful … Read more >>
Good stuff from Hypnos. Over the last few months there has been discussion on whether the IoS’s reputation for gentle puzzles still holds true. Here we have gentle and tricky in the same puzzle. Thanks Hypnos.
With Autumn in full swing an offering from Morph I felt there was a good variation in clue types in today’s crossword and many that made me chuckle. Always a good sign. Many short clues, … Read more >>
Phi is back on his normal day This looks like just a standard crossword puzzle although there are some symmetrically placed entries that could be paired up, e.g. COP and … Read more >>
This is Wiglaf’s fifth crossword in the Independent, although the first one that I have blogged. We seem to have plenty of newish names nowadays, although you wouldn’t know that they were newish because their crosswords are pretty good; as you’d expect of course, as they wouldn’t have got past Eimi if they weren’t.
I found this to be a bit hard in places, but quite sound and any failings were my own. Perhaps a bit clunky in places, such as 5dn, but this is made up for by some very nice clues.
Definitions in italics.
Anglio takes over Dac’s mid-week slot this week, and it fell to us to blog his puzzle last month as well. As with last month’s puzzle there were some excellent surfaces and clever … Read more >>
Today’s puzzle has been set by Math, a compiler whose work I have so far blogged only once. On that one and only previous occasion, there was a musical theme running through the … Read more >>
Another new for me setter but the debut was back in early September
Good stuff from Kairos once again this week. This one didn’t put up too much of a fight, but it was enjoyable and I learned a thing or two along the way. In … Read more >>
I think this was my first Gila ‘regular’ cryptic solve, although I have come across his/her thematic/barred offerings in the Inquisitor and EV series, and my first Gila blog… I found this a … Read more >>
A nice crossword from Radian today. Lots of pleasant clues with smooth surfaces, although as an ex-maths teacher I have misgivings about 14ac.