Never knowingly undersolved
Yes, it’s me again. That’s two days in a row you’ve had to put up with me! During a first quick pass through the clues this puzzle seemed to be rather tricky, with … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26133. At first glance, the puzzle seemed decidedly weird, with improbable names scattered through the clues.Eventually the penny dropped – they are all characters in Roald Dahl’s … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 7, 2013 I found this puzzle a bit difficult, especially the centre section. This particular grid, with each corner intersecting with only one letter each … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Dec 9 An enjoyable and typical Monday offering by one of the regulars. This wouldn’t be a proper Crux blog if I hadn’t something to say about one or two (or … Read more >>
A typical Rufus medley of some nice anagrams, together with the usual sprinkling of double definitions, some of which I thought were rather close in meaning, and cryptic definitions – some more so … Read more >>
*=anagram [] = removed e.g. char[m]=char ()=abbreviation e.g. A(mpere)=a Hom. = homophone I breezed through most of this but then got stuck on a couple of clues, which took me a long while … Read more >>
You don’t usually see me in these parts but scchua is away travelling so I am standing in for him. I found this to be a straightforward solve, with a variety of devices, which … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3505.
As Don Manley pointed out in a comment on Nick’s blog last week, Azed’s sound clueing often means that you can often work out what the answer must be from the wordplay, even … Read more >>
Poins must be getting fed up with landing me as the blogger for his Sunday puzzles. We seem to have been bumping into each other a lot recently. But I don’t mind at … Read more >>
I found this generally pretty straightforward for a Prize puzzle, the only problems arising through my own stupid obstinacy. There are quite a lot of anagrams and easy charades, the easiest of all … Read more >>
A second consecutive Tyrus blog for me Certainly up to his usual high standard. The 14/16 double being the most elegant clue of a fine bunch. Three homonyms in the puzzle 9ac, 12ac … Read more >>
It’s in rather sombre circumstances that I return to blogging the even-numbered Beelzebubs, our other blogger Jed having sadly passed away recently. From what I hear, though, Jed was far from the sort … Read more >>
A typically pleasant crossword from Phi on a Friday. There is no doubt some subtle Nina, but, as usual with me and Phi (actually most other people as well), I can’t see it. … Read more >>
Friday the thirteenth but nothing sinister in this basket of fruit [nothing given away, I think – like Brendan’s ‘sense’, on Monday, ‘fruit’ appears throughout the clues] from Puck – just the playful … Read more >>