Never knowingly undersolved
Apologies for a blog that is both late and rather brief – I’ve been distracted by urgent work-related matters. Anyway, this is Rufus in his usual style, with lots of double and cryptic … Read more >>
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism I thought this was a slightly harder Quixote with a stronger than normal use of proper nouns, not all of them very topical (e.g. … Read more >>
This generally went quite smoothly, though I did have to check 29ac and 8dn before being confident enough to write them in. A careless slip at 30ac made 27dn unsolvable until my mistake … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning all, Nice easy stroll this week with nothing too taxing. Favourites this week, 3dn 27ac. Big thank you to Everyman. Across 1. Food I fed to soldiers, a Chinese dish (4,4) … Read more >>
With many apologies for lateness. Events conspired against me when it came to finding time to write this blog, though the puzzle itself was a relatively straightforward solve. I do hope you will … Read more >>
The preamble stated: "Each couplet contains both a definition (one or more words) and a mixture of the letters (beginning at the beginning or ending at the end of a word in the … Read more >>
My first blog of a Nitsy. Enjoyable experience, thanks Nitsy. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[Each picture at the bottom of the blog has an unidentified link to the puzzle.]] Across 1 … Read more >>
Having agreed to swap blogging slots, one often wonders what one has let oneself in for, and I must admit there was an “oh crikey” moment when I discovered I’d drawn Tyrus again. … Read more >>
So a short preamble – all entries are affected by A SWIMMING AID, leaving non-words predominantly. I should add that the clue lengths refer to the grid entry. Well 13ac was an exception, … Read more >>
We found this a difficult prize puzzle – it’s themed around the words “course” and “set”, both of which have many synonyms. (I seem to remember reading once that “set” is the word … Read more >>
Clever stuff today from Jason Across 1 BRIGHT (vivacious) B[londe] RIGHT (Conservative) 4 SWEEPING (wide-ranging) WEEP (to pipe) in SING (to grass) 9 ASSIGN (give out) A S (small) SIGN … Read more >>
It’s the end of another week – and what a week of crosswords in the Indy! We really like the range of puzzles that the paper has to offer – from the easy … Read more >>
As always, Araucaria provides much to chew over and digest.
There was a pleasingly old-fashioned feel to this puzzle, I felt; plenty of double definitions, which seem to have dwindled in popularity since I was a lad. Very nice clueing throughout – thank-you, … Read more >>
This is the third Brendan in a row that I’ve blogged, so I was pleased to have bagged the hat-trick when I saw his name on this one. And Wow – what a … Read more >>