Never knowingly undersolved
Found this quite tricky to start with, but fairly enjoyable. Favourite clue 11ac. Across 7 NATALIE =”Girl” (Taline a)* 8 GALLEON =”ship” GAL=girl + LEON=boy 10 GLORIA =”girl” (original)*, minus IN=”home” 11 ALASTAIR … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/ Sep 17 Although this Crux crossword (which can be found here) was full of very familiar devices and less ‘devious’ than this excellent setter potentially can be, I did have quite some … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 15, 2012 Here is another impressive puzzle from Cincinnus. The number of ingenious clues is amazing with, I think, 26D (CHINA) being the best. I … Read more >>
Another great crossword from Gozo, one of my favourite setters. The theme of this puzzle is setters of the FT crossword. There are twelve setters explicitly clued, possibly there are some also some more oblique references in … Read more >>
Our turn to blog the Wednesday puzzle and we weren’t sure what to expect. We’ve only blogged a couple of Crosophile puzzles. The last one in August had a mixture of some easy … Read more >>
Gordius seems to be following me around, or I him.
Preamble: The unclued across entries are five names that may be seen on a map; their relative locations are represented approximately by their shaded initial letters. The region on the map, slightly extended … Read more >>
It is Tuesday today, so it is not easy to predict whose work will be in store for solvers and blogger alike. I hadn’t blogged a Scorpion for a while so I was … Read more >>
This is the first Sleuth I’m blogging, though I’ve done a couple of his alter ego, Hypnos’s. Quite straightforward Tuesday FT fare, and enjoyable. Thank you to Sleuth. Definitions are underlined in the … Read more >>
What a brilliant offering from Paul, complete with some words that border on the risque but tastefully clued; so nobody ought to feel even slightly offended. I smiled from beginning to end at … Read more >>
What a pick-me-up for a grim, wet and windy Monday morning! – I get my fifth Brendan blog in a row and [fortunately, after my discomfiture on Saturday] I saw the nina fairly … Read more >>
I think this is the second crossword from Rorschach for the Independent. His first was well-received, and this too was in my opinion a very good puzzle: there was plenty of inventive cluing … Read more >>
I found this, in parts, trickier than the usual Quiptic, taking longer to complete as a result. But no complaints, and thank you to Nutmeg. My COD was the very clever 13down. Definitions … Read more >>
I have uploaded my photos of the occasion to Flickr: Anax 50th birthday I hope this works. Will do it another way if not.
Not so dreadful though dreadfully showed up at least twice as an anagrind. In fact, rather a gentle Azed that, other than all the French and Scots and Spenserisms, is a good … Read more >>