Never knowingly undersolved
Dac has provided this morning’s puzzle for our entertainment and intellectual stimulation. It is a while since I have blogged a puzzle by Dac on a Wednesday and I enjoyed re-acquainting myself with … Read more >>
It’s Radian today with an enjoyable puzzle. There is a theme which extends further than the direct references in the clues. There is a clear reference to Roald DAHL at … Read more >>
As far as I can see, this is a debut by Mitz in the Indy, so welcome. I did like some of it, but there were two intersecting clues where I had to … Read more >>
Daedalus is still a comparatively new setter in the Indy, and he’s had to put up with me blogging the majority of the ones he’s offered us so far. Regulars will know that … Read more >>
Serpent is a new setter to me, certainly as far as blogging is concerned, and a quick search of this site shows a handful of Indy cryptics, plus an Inquisitor and an EV…most of them … Read more >>
Well, a Phi puzzle with a theme that we don’t have to search for this week! The fact that it involves particle physics meant that several of the eight thematic entries were … Read more >>
It has been a very long time since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Nestor, and this one was a good reminder of what I had been missing. My … Read more >>
I think Eccles is a new setter as I can’t find him on a search of the fifteensquared website. I started this fairly quickly in the North West corner but … Read more >>
Punk has favoured us with a delightful little crossword today. Just right for a daily cryptic. He has another incarnation, as Mudd in the FT, and I once posted on the blog of one of his puzzles to say that we don’t always appreciate how good he is. This crossword does nothing to change my view.
Definitions underlined, in maroon.
Take aim, fire!
A bit on the hard side for an IoS. Thanks to Poins. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Lay a charge against heartless trooper from the east (6) REPORT : Reversal … Read more >>
Our last Nimrod blog was back in April. We needed help with one of the parsings then and surprise, surprise we need help again today. There were some long answers which on first … Read more >>
Typically, it falls to Phi to round off another set of mid-week puzzles. I found this to be a puzzle of two halves, in that, if you drew a line from the top-left … Read more >>
Morph supplies the Thursday puzzle this week. It’s good to see a crossword where the definitions are not just lifted straight out of the dictionary. I enjoyed this. There were … Read more >>
I hope this means that Dac is becoming restored to his former health, because he has appeared today and also last week. I was under the impression that he had been unwell and was now only going to be doing every other week. If that was wrong then I’m sure everyone welcomes him back with open arms.
After a crossword last week that was arguably one of Dac’s less imaginative and elegant productions (that at least was the verdict of some of those posting here) he is right back to form: smooth surfaces and the whole thing satisfactory and (apart perhaps from 23ac) uncontroversial. The only thing militating against the surfaces is the unusually large number (for Dac) of clues that cross-reference some other clue.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.