Never knowingly undersolved
We were pretty sure that we had not blogged Kairos before. On checking. we found there have been 10 other puzzles from him in the Indy but 9 of them were in the … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26162.
When you see Morph’s name on a puzzle, you know you’re going to have a few smiles when solving it. No exception here: bit of cricket, bit of politics, bit of current affairs, … Read more >>
. Thank you, Rufus, for another typically genial introduction to the week Across 1 To fall back, a mistake made by soldiers (7) RELAPSE RE [soldiers] + LAPSE [mistake] 5 Sea mist represented … Read more >>
I never really time myself when I’m doing a puzzle, but this Quiptic seemed to take a long time to nail down, which might mean it was trickier than it should have been. … Read more >>
A pretty quick solve for me; though I admit that I got a bit stuck on 20a — not because it’s difficult, but because I didn’t expect it to be so simple and … Read more >>
I think I may only once have blogged an eXternal puzzle, and goodness me, this one seemed very hard at first. The grid initially filled up very slowly, and from the bottom upwards. … Read more >>
This was a strangely similar solving experience to last week, where I thought I’d finished without resorting to aids, only to find I’d stuffed one up. At 19 down I hadn’t been able … Read more >>
Nick: Some unusually unusual words this week from Azed, with several I did not know of – however a lot of these are clued rather easily with clear word play. I had to use … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning happy solvers. It is good to be back. Fairly straight forward this week, in fact I enjoyed the solve very much. My favourite this week was 18ac, very good clue in … Read more >>
Sorry for the late and very rushed blog which meant I had little time to savour this puzzle, just a mad rush to get the puzzle solved and written-up, including much cheating. Thank … Read more >>
My first blog of a new year crossword is a duel with Nestor A grid with lots of letters with little black space – just how I like them. And some lovely fun … Read more >>
Oh dear, a Playfair code-square. And the preamble says that there’s a four-word code phrase, which is going to greatly complicate things. An inauspicious start, so how are things going to work out?
I was really floundering with this grid from Bradman – probably one of the longest times I have spent on an FT puzzle, peppered with words I didn’t know as well (e.g. 14ac, … Read more >>
It’s always a delight to find Puck’s name on a puzzle and this one certainly lived up to expectations. Some of the wordplay was characteristically tricky and there were several penny-dropping moments, producing … Read more >>