Never knowingly undersolved
A very special thank you to Phi for this puzzle! We have been blogging now for almost 2 years and this is our 178th post. It will however be one that we will never forget. … Read more >>
Magwitch, this Friday at long last ! She brings this work week to a close with a gentle and relatively straightforward challenge, which in keeping with her inimitable style, has several smooth and clean surfaces with a whiff of inventive constructions.
What you always get with Nimrod, although I must admit that I tend not to do his crosswords nowadays since they are so difficult and I also usually end up being a bit irritated by something, but this time I had to see it through: quite extraordinarily difficult, for some reason, but some imaginative and brilliant clues.
This puzzle had a rather strange grid, which suggests that it was like this for a reason, but that reason is beyond me. Perhaps it was just because Nimrod didn’t want to go down the evil path of having less than 50% checking.
Definitions underlined.
No complaints, but not much to shout about, either: a bit of a ho-hum solve for me, all in all, redeemed in part by fuss-free clueing and some nice surfaces.
(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.) About midway in difficulty level for a … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) About midway in difficulty level for a Paul puzzle, I thought. Thanks to Paul. Definitions … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Jan 5 Excellent crossword from Falcon that I found a bit more challenging than his average output (including the Observer’s Everyman). Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across 1 STAND … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 3, 2015 I found this puzzle easy but good. My top clues are 1a (GRASSHOPPER) and 16d (NICOTINE). ACROSS 1 Right to punch one buying … Read more >>
I have blogged a few Alberich puzzles now and they have been consistently good, this one no exception. Thanks Alberich.
This was another enjoyable puzzle from Dac. I wondered if this was going to be a pangram but I think we are a W and a Z short. When I … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26468.
Preamble: To compensate for the loss of half of the clues, the editor has inserted (in an appropriate order) an extra letter in each of the remaining clues (most of which didn’t make … Read more >>
Tuesday’s slot typically has multiple occupants, and today’s is Crosophile. I still do not have enough experience of solving and blogging puzzles by Crosophile to be able to assess how long it will … Read more >>
I see that in the preamble to my last blog of a Nutmeg puzzle I referred to the elegance of the clues, the silky smoothness of the surfaces and the lightness of touch. … Read more >>
Entertaining puzzle this.