Never knowingly undersolved
When you see that Nimrod has produced the day’s puzzle, you know for sure that there are plenty of fun and games in store. Today’s puzzle was no exception, offering lots of entertainment … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Jun 9 Another Dante puzzle that will not change the world but one that was enjoyable enough, for which thanks to the setter. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 7, 2014 This was a slow solve for me. No single clue caused any great difficulty, but most took some time. My last solves were … Read more >>
A cracking puzzle. Thanks Alberich!
As ever a good puzzle from Dac on a Wednesday The one entry today that I hadn’t come across before was FIGURANTE at 26 across. Chambers tells me that it relates … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26289. Nutmeg in her Cryptic hat has produced some tricky puzzles, but this one seemed to me more on a level with her Quiptics (with the exception of … Read more >>
There was a frisson of trepidation when I saw that the setter for this Inquisitor puzzle was Nimrod, editor of the Inquisitor series and man of many pseudonyms in different national dailies. … Read more >>
Despite the fact that I had to use Google to be sure of the various references to 1/18Ds, with the initial letter in lower case so as to become more general than that building to which tourists and black birds flock, I found this to be more straightforward than some of Morph’s crosswords. Which is not to say that it wasn’t good. It was.
Definitions in italics (although the 1/18D references are also definitions in a way, they are not in italics).
A sunny morning made sunnier on seeing Qaos’ name on the puzzle I was down to blog. Lots of fun to be had here, with several penny-dropping moments and lots of Qaos’ customary … Read more >>
Thanks to Gaufrid for the opportunity to blog this puzzle. I was apprehensive about what I was going to get for my first post, but GURNEY ensured that there would be no problems. This was a fun outing with a variety of clue types thrown in.
This week’s Quiptic is by Orlando, one of my favourite setters.
Straightforward Monday fun from Chifonie. Favourites were 24ac and 27ac
Always a pleasure to come across a Punk puzzle when I’m on duty. Some straightforward stuff to get you going, but I really struggled to get over the line. Only one bum and … Read more >>
My apologies for the late post. I won’t comment on this one as I cheated to get the blog out quickly.
A very enjoyable puzzle, and I was pleased to finish this one unaided, which isn’t something I manage often. There does seem to be some correlation between taking Beelzebub to the pub and … Read more >>