Never knowingly undersolved
After the horrors of 1309, (still unfinished at the time of writing) we were hoping for something a little more simple this week, and so it turned out. A first read through on … Read more >>
Apart from a couple of tricky ones, quite a straightforward puzzle to solve and parse. Thanks to Sayang. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to … Read more >>
Quixote’s harder brother, struggled a bit with this to be honest, some rare words and some of the wordplay has me less than convinced. Thanks Pasquale. Oh and for folks using the mobile … Read more >>
Tuesday’s Independent puzzles tend to be more difficult than most other days. I felt that Scorpion’s puzzle today was a good Tuesday puzzle Even though I realised fairly early on … Read more >>
Apart from the overly-creative use of abbreviations this was a very enjoyable puzzle. Most of the definitions given are from Chambers 12th Edition. Most of the standard abbreviations used in the wordplay are … Read more >>
My first time blogging a puzzle from eXternal. Tricky in places is the executive summary here, I think. Some inventive cluing; just one or two I didn’t like that much. Overall a very … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26126. I do not think I am giving anything away in awarding a title to the puzzle, since ‘sense’ is plastered all over the clues.
This one took me longer than most recent Eye puzzles, but in retrospect it doesn’t look that much harder than usual. Despite a flying start with the long light, I only got 8 answers … Read more >>
Beelzebub was excellent company on the slow train back from Sheffield to London last Sunday. Not having acccess to the usual aids, combined with having time to kill, always seems to give me … Read more >>
Nick: Fairly straight forward Azed this week. I found nothing too taxing, although there are some gotcha’s unless the clues are parsed correctly. I also correctly guessed the competition phrase in about 60 … Read more >>
Nick: Me again this week folks, Lorraine’s work load is a bit heavy. Usual pleasant stroll with Everyman and some nice misleading clues. I will draw your attention to 14dn – please visit the … Read more >>
Another IoS which required more than one sitting to complete. I’m beginning to think that the IoS average difficulty has been raised a notch or two (or I’m losing it?). Thanks to Kairos. … Read more >>
I think this is only the second Guardian puzzle from Otterden, who sets the New Statesman crossword. As prize crosswords go, this was on the easy side, we thought, apart from three crossing … Read more >>
A tough (but fair) mental workout from Monk this week. This needed a few return sessions to get to completion – in fact I think my first scan through only offered up the … Read more >>
A smaller than normal 10×10 grid this week, so do I expect easier than normal clues or a toughie? I wasn’t really expecting the theme of this puzzle this week, but assumed that … Read more >>