Never knowingly undersolved
This morning saw my latest Tuesday tussle with Radian. This particular puzzle had a more obvious theme than some previous ones, in that many of the clues referred explicitly to languages. As such, … Read more >>
I really enjoyed this, as is usual with Orlando. Lots of clever clues and surfaces – 9ac, 23ac, 4dn, 16dn and 21dn were my favourites.
(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 puzzle 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 puzzle from Hectence, with bits of it reminiscent of a … Read more >>
Once again a Rufus puzzle that is rather too heavy for my taste on the cryptic definitions (four of them, including a couple that seem barely cryptic) and double defintions (six, plus one … Read more >>
Has Rorschach blotted his copybook with this one? In my opinion, not at all. I really liked this one, although those expecting the usual fairly gentle introduction to the Indy week might have … Read more >>
Just the one I can’t explain this week, which admittedly is often the case. 31 across has me beaten so I’ve reproduced the clue. *=anagram, []=dropped, <=reversed. Across 1 GATSBY – TSB in … Read more >>
Not a breeze by any means from Hypnos this morning, but still an accessible puzzle with plenty to enjoy. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3517. When I solved this, there seemed to be quite a lot of misdirection this time out, with a dash of geography thrown in amongst the general … Read more >>
A nice easy clue to the long 1 across gave me a good start to this, and I rattled through most of it prety quickly, though with a handful stragglers that needed a … Read more >>
Nimrod was a regular nemesis of mine when I used to blog weekday Independent puzzles, but it seems like a long time since I came up against him on a Saturday. In several … Read more >>
This felt rather more like a Prize puzzle than some of those we’ve had lately. It certainly took a little bit longer but I’ll resist saying that it caused me no end of … Read more >>
Three answers with indistinct definitions- two of which need to be replaced with associated two word phrases to resolve the grid clashes. Several clues with misprints too – so which forces are being … Read more >>
The usual pleasant and sound crossword from Phi. I can’t see that there is anything really to ask questions about, which suggests to me that there will be few comments, since everything seems to have been understood.
The last time I blogged someone suggested that I described the Nina at the end of the clues, not here, so as not to give anything away before the reader begins (something the software I use doesn’t seem to allow). No danger of anything being given away this time, though. I can’t see anything, but I’ve learnt through experience not to agonise for too long over Phi’s Ninas.
Definitions in italics.
I’ve just started working a four-day week as part of a gradual progress to retirement: today is my first non-working weekday of this arrangement, and how better to celebrate it than by blogging … Read more >>