Never knowingly undersolved
A new setter for me. Some ingenious, tricky and innovative definitions, eg. “He”, “someone in bed”, “emissions”, “it’s”, and so on, and some interesting and misdirecting surfaces. I found this more difficult than the … Read more >>
A good challenge both in the initial solve and then again a few days later when we came to write up the blog! We like Klingsor’s puzzles so were very pleased to see … Read more >>
Seven unclued entries, 18 with extra letters in the wordplay, one clued without definition and quite a convoluted preamble as to how the unclued entries are derived. Would I be tempting fate by saying … Read more >>
A fun prize puzzle from Araucaria, with a mini theme of writers. We found this quite doable and as enjoyable as ever, but got rather stuck on BELL TENT – our last clue. … Read more >>
Typical high quality Across 1 LOGISTICAL (organisational) ITS< in LOGICAL (rational) 7 SHED (outside building) SHE (that woman) D (died) 9 INKY (very dark) IN Kentucky 10 LATENT HEAT dd … Read more >>
Another enjoyable puzzle from Phi to end the week. We always like the smooth reading in Phi’s clues and 2d was an absolute delight! We’ve searched for a theme or nina but haven’t … Read more >>
I’m back in business – if only just; in the aftermath of Sandy, after getting power back on Monday, on Wednesday an early winter storm blew in, dumping four inches of wet snow, and I was without power for another nine hours.
I think there might be some cries of ‘obscurity’ this morning but the less familiar [or unknown] solutions were all very fairly and clearly clued, I think. For me, the difficulties lay more … Read more >>
A change of blogger today due to work commitments. I can’t say I particularly enjoyed this puzzle, too many four letter words for my liking including one (12ac) that I cannot explain. Assuming … Read more >>
Today has seen the latest of my many tussles with Nestor’s puzzles on a blogging day. My apologies if the blog seems a little cursory today: I was away from home until late … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/ Oct 29 I have to confess that, despite some very easy clues, I found this the hardest Dante crossword I’ve ever solved, or better: tried to solve. Probably due to the … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 27, 2012 The last Mudd in this space was unusually, surprisingly difficult. This one was a breeze; I finished it in a single sitting. My … Read more >>
Standard stuff from Cinephile. Of couse the standard set by Cinephile/Araucaria is very high, so it is unfair to expect something extraordinary all the time. It must be difficult trying to live up to one’s own … Read more >>
After a week off, Dac returns to the Wednesday Independent slot with another high quality set of clues which read very smoothly. It’s always difficult to pick out a favourite Dac … Read more >>
Schadenfreude is a prolific setter who produces interesting puzzles which almost always have real words in the solution even after letters have been added to or changed in the grid. This Inquisitor maintained … Read more >>