Never knowingly undersolved
Tyrus is an occasional setter of weekday Independent puzzles. I think he is seen more regularly on Saturdays. . I took a while to solve this and didn’t always see the … Read more >>
The puzze may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26475.
Monday Prize Crossword/Jan 12 Exactly the same grid as last week’s prize puzzle, different setter yet more or less similar level, quality and enjoyment. For which many thanks to Crux. Definitions are underlined … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 10, 2015 This was one of the toughest FT Weekend puzzles in my recent memory and a surprise after the last one by Redshank which … Read more >>
What new is there to say about Dac? This was one of his easiest, many of the clues not really very different from those in The Times Quick Cryptic, but the surfaces were as always perfect. I wondered if Dac was amusing himself by having all clues with their definition at the beginning — certainly this seemed to be the case at first — but it soon became clear that he wasn’t.
Definitions underlined.
Spot on in every way, not much else to say! Thanks Artexlen.
I’m going to echo Andrew’s preamble to his blog of the most recent Otterden puzzle: ‘I haven’t been particularly impressed by Otterden’s puzzles in the past, and I’m afraid this one has done … Read more >>
Nutmeg‘s “Any other Name” came equal fourth in 2014, and her puzzles rank among my personal favourites. A small grid: 11×11. One letter must be omitted from the first eight across answers, … Read more >>
I’ve been extremely busy today, so sorry for the late posting, which, due to the time constraint, is barer than usual. Thanks to Sayang. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Clean stroke … Read more >>
It’s Scorpion today and it’s Tuesday so we expected there may be more to the puzzle than usual. When we checked previous Scorpion puzzles we noticed that there was another clue involving … Read more >>
Found this very slow going, but ultimately rewarding…
This was a good puzzle from Provis, with a number of excellent surface readings. No obscurities, but I’m not sure I’d recommend this one as an entry-level puzzle to someone who really was … Read more >>
This was a puzzle of about the right level of difficulty for a weekday. It was a good one for those who aren’t keen on CDs and DDs, since there were none here. … Read more >>
I’m short of time this morning, so please excuse the rather brief explanations below. A very Rufus-y Rufus today, with six double and eight (!) cryptic definitions: some of the latter rather obvious, … Read more >>
Apologies for the lateness — I had intended to work on this during our visit to London (well, on the train), but my laptop is behaving badly. It was lovely to see various … Read more >>