Never knowingly undersolved
Lorraine: Good morning to you all, Very good smooth crossword this week with lovely cluing. I sometimes look too deeply into the clues and miss the bleedin’ obvious, which is what I did with … Read more >>
How Azed manages to cope with all these words I simply don’t know. Practically every time there is at least one that I’ve never heard of either in the answer or in the … Read more >>
I didn’t have too many problems solving and parsing this one, with the exception of 28ac. The answer was obvious once the checked letters were in place, and the wordplay was clear, but … Read more >>
No themes, ninas, pangrams, special instructions or other funny stuff — just a straightforward down-to-earth cryptic. Thanks Paul, I enjoyed this.
I think it’s safe to say that none of us will be around in December 2184 to verify any sequences that may or may not be continued. So we’d better hope that we can work out what Samuel has in mind some other way.
(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.) This was an enjoyable offering from … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) This was an enjoyable offering from Paul, with lots of fun teasing out the answers. Thanks … Read more >>
I knew all but one of the words and phrases in today’s puzzle b y Phi The only one I hadn’t come across before was GODEL’S THEOREM at 26 across. … Read more >>
I am not sure how this is going to show up on the site – PeeDee’s tool was thwarted by a typo in the FT today (ACROSSs being the culprit) and therefore I … Read more >>
Is it my imagination or are we seeing more of Monk than recently? If so, that’s a thoroughly good thing, despite my misgivings about one or two clues, which are given in the … Read more >>
A smart, enjoyable puzzle. The minor grumbles were easily outweighed, for me, by the clever clueing.
The crossword may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26206. Most of the left half fell in fairly readily; after that it was a struggle, culminating with the vicious 9D. The rain today has just got … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Mar 3 A Dante crossword with the usual mix of familiar devices but also a puzzle with some really nice surfaces. In that respect, I particularly liked 10ac but I wasn’t … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 1, 2014 It is good to have a Cincinnus again. This one struck me as a wee bit on the difficult side. My favourite clues … Read more >>
A mixed difficulty puzzle from Io, something for everyone. Things started off quite comfortably in the top left corner and then got progressively harder and harder as I moved through the grid. There are a couple that I still can’t fully explain, any help appreciated. Thanks Io.