Never knowingly undersolved
Porn, Japanese cuisine and same-sex relationships seem to be the leitmotifs of this Sindy offering from Gila. Are these things related? I think we should be told. This is his/her … Read more >>
Sorry for the late appearance of this analysis, I don’t know what has prevented the scheduled blogger from posting today. The usual very high quality from Klingsor with many excellent clues (too many … Read more >>
Another Phi-day challenge today. As usual, all good fun, not too tricky, but definitely not a write-in either. We’re sure there is a theme in there somewhere, but we haven’t been able … Read more >>
Morph’s latest puzzle offers today’s cruciverbal entertainment. I thought that this was a medium-difficulty puzzle by Morph, and I made steady progress through it until coming to something of a standstill in the … Read more >>
Dac provides us with his usual Wednesday challenge I thought this was to towards the easier end of Dac’s difficulty spectrum. The only thing that gave me real difficulty was … Read more >>
Scorpion is never all that easy, but this wasn’t too bad. There were still several clues that detained me, but apart from one or two minor quibbles, everything seems to be fair.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
I’ve given up on saying that the Monday puzzle in the Indy is no longer ‘the easy one’. It was, but it isn’t any more. Fair play. I found this pretty hard, and … Read more >>
A bit tougher than the usual Raich, I thought. Or perhaps just me still recovering from England’s double exit from Europe, so brain not in gear. That said, there was … Read more >>
A new setter for me to blog today. How devious is Serpent’s clueing? And is there anything hidden? A very enjoyable puzzle indeed. Some novel clues 10ac and 7dn were unusual but my … Read more >>
Another working week comes to an end, with a puzzle by Phi to take us into the weekend. This was a medium-difficulty Phi puzzle, in my opinion. I managed to complete it unaided … Read more >>
It’s Thursday so that sometimes mean a more difficult Independent crossword. I know some of John MILTON‘s works but I wasn’t aware of the polemic AREOPAGITICA entered at 11 down. … Read more >>
There are two clues here that are as good as any you ever see.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
It seems a while since we last blogged a Crosophile and we always enjoy his puzzles as there’s invariably something going on in the grid. In this case, there’s a nina round three … Read more >>
Monday again and my second Wiglaf in his third Daily Indy crossword.
I don’t normally solve the IoS (I’ve only done so today because the scheduled blogger is away) so cannot say how this one compares with others in the series or with previous Hypnos cryptics. … Read more >>