Never knowingly undersolved
With apologies to anyone who struggled, I thought this was a remarkably straightforward puzzles — a quick solve on a train. I don’t have much to say about it — entertaining and clever … Read more >>
A slightly rushed post as I’m fairly late with this. One that I’m not sure about at 1dn. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Across 1 DABBLER – A B[i]BLE in … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning to you all, This certainly was an Everyman for everyman! So there should be no silly squabbles this week, please. At first glance I instantly solved 12ac, 20ac, 24ac, 6dn, 19dn … Read more >>
As usual an efficient production from Azed. I don’t seem to have said much about a succession of clues where the words in both the clue and the answer are not, to say the least, everyday, … Read more >>
An enjoyable solve. Glowworm takes us on …
Now that another Guardian crossword week is over (ending with a Puck-to-treasure, surely more about that in a week’s time) I thought: there’s still that last Monday’s gap waiting to be filled. In order to … Read more >>
My first blog of an Anarche puzzle – should be an interesting challenge. On the occasion of my father’s 82nd birthday, I did sense some form of celebration contained within this crossword – … Read more >>
A fun prize puzzle from Araucaria – we found this pretty easy apart from the the bottom right corner, which took another look a few days later to finish it off. There’s a … Read more >>
Back to a long preamble, this week. Four clues with double definitions with one entry different by a thematic entry from the other one. The thematic items can then be described by a … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle Across 1 POLTERGEIST (supernatural being) (ROGET SPELT I)* 7 HOP (short journey) H (husband) OP (work) 9 SOFIA (capital of Bulgaria) SO (very) F (fine) I (one) … Read more >>
Another good Friday work-out from Phi. We found one or two clues trickier than usual, but the surface readings were all excellent and the wordplay fell into place after a bit of lateral … Read more >>
The crossword was quickly solved; the blog took quite considerably longer.
I’ve always liked redshanks, pretty and raucous little lakeshore potterers that they are, and I’m a big fan of Redshanks, too – and this minor masterpiece is one of his very best. I … Read more >>
I’m not very good at spotting ninas but these days the name of the game seems to be ‘Spot the error’. However, Araucaria is not noted for either and I found this an … Read more >>
It is Thursday today so any number of different compilers can by lying in wait for one, although Nestor has always featured prominently in my Thursday blogging slots. Long may that continue, although … Read more >>