Never knowingly undersolved
After some tough puzzles last week, things were back to normal with a straightforward Quixote. Across 1. Beauty treatment? Female having a cold one gets a line reduced (6) Facial F(emale) = a … Read more >>
Don’t know about anyone else but I’m still reeling from the Xmas giant, so this normal sized grid seemed small… … and the level of difficulty not too great – (e.g. compared to … Read more >>
A solve of two halves for me this week: a brisk start followed by fairly slow progress through the remainder. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Across 1 SCAPUS – CAP … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning to you all, I dont know about you but I enjoyed this puzzle tremendously. Some of my favourites were, 4, 14, 17 and 24ac. 2, 5 and 19dn. I hope you … Read more >>
This was a a fairly standard plain Azed puzzle with his usual high quality cluing. I was pleasantly surprised by how many clues I solved on the first run through … Read more >>
The preamble read as follows: Ten solutions can also be 30, initially. Any secondary definition or wordplay in their clues leads to the solution as it might appear if it were, indeed, 30 of any 26 12 before 22 down 22 across. … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle from Hypnos, just nice for a relaxing Sunday. Thank you to Hypnos. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links with the puzzzle.]] Across 1 … Read more >>
No time this week for anything more than the bare bones as I’m in the process of moving house … for the second time in six months (and the last time in at … Read more >>
So it’s a snowy day in January and for those with some time to kill a Saturday puzzle from the enigmatic Bannsider. Quite a work-out it was too. Some wonderfully inventive devices, as … Read more >>
I make this Philistine’s first prize puzzle, and their twelfth puzzle overall in the Guardian. This was a good fun puzzle to solve – with the odd exception (1a, 17d) I thought this … Read more >>
Comprehensive including some ingenious misdirections Across 1 CROSSBAR above goalkeeper CROSS (pass towards goal) BAR (save) 5 ABELIA plant (LABIA[t]E)* 9 ROTATION cycle [wagne]R O (ringer) [s]TATION (Radio 3) … Read more >>
We always look forward to our blog on a Friday. Phi’s puzzles are always a delight to solve with their smooth surface reading and then often something to search for, even when the … Read more >>
Again, I have had a problem (quite different this time) with a utility. Is it out to get me? At least, I am getting adept at the work-around.
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