Never knowingly undersolved
I didn’t seem to be on the right wavelength at all this morning so found this quite hard, though in retrospect almost everything seems reasonably straightforward, with the exception of one clue that … Read more >>
A generally breezy challenge from XELA this Friday, save for a few clues here and there.
Thank you to Ludwig. Definitions are underlined in the clues. And if there is a theme, I don’t see it. Across 1. Marriage added to traditions that we recently abandoned (7,5) CUSTOMS UNION … Read more >>
Tack is a relatively new setter in the Independent series, appearing every three months or thereabouts.
A straightforward puzzle this morning.
Gaston says that this puzzle ‘requires NO INTRODUCTION’, so I won’t write one…
Another week, another Eccles: we seem to be meeting a lot lately.
A medium-difficulty puzzle from Monk this morning.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29610.
I have been intrigued by Eliot’s poetry (without ever fully understanding it) since I first read The Waste Land at university. What fascinates me is the richness of the literary allusions from a … Read more >>
Dysart, sadly his last puzzle here, as he died last July.
Preamble: The unclued entry is the title of a work (minus its definite article). 12 clues contain a misprint in the definition; correct letters give the name of its author. Six answers are shorter than their allotted space, and will leave empty cells.
It’s only ten days since my blog of Imogen’s latest Prize crossword and here he is again… … and again we have a nice combination of clue types, generally meticulous cluing, ingenious constructions, … Read more >>
Thank you to Slormgorm. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. One mostly aiming for a threesome in bed? (5,6) DARTS PLAYER : Cryptic defn: In the game of darts, one might … Read more >>
Atrica fills the Tuesday spot this week.
MOO kicks off the week…