Never knowingly undersolved
‘All Change’ seems appropriate for a puzzle published on 1st January. Will the theme at least be more apt than last week’s war-based Christmas offering? Once again, we’ve to resolve clashes by substitution … Read more >>
We’ve had rather a long time to complete Beelzebub 1,139 for several reasons. I must admit I needed it: this seemed a very challenging puzzle. Still here we are, and as the New … Read more >>
Unusually difficult for Phi today, I thought: on my first pass I solved far fewer clues than usual. Perhaps this was the result of my incompetence but one factor was the number of … Read more >>
A gentle Friday puzzle from Araucaria, in which for once ellipses between clues actually contribute to the solve. I went straight in at 5ac. and the rest was mostly plain sailing . Thanks … Read more >>
It’s pretty unusual for Aardvark to make a Friday appearance and it made for a pleasant change. A gentle, enjoyable crossword with clever misdirections and natural clue surfaces. 1a isn’t fully explained, help … Read more >>
Nothing too devious from Falcon this morning: a decent mix (though perhaps a few too many insertions), a handful of real dollies and only one or two quibble-worthy liberties… ACROSS 1. CHAPEL MASTER … Read more >>
Nimrod again, I’m sure I seem to get more than my fair share of his recently. I found bits of this tough and some clues I still can’t explain to myself properly so help … Read more >>
Fortunately not too difficult, as I had a meeting to attend before solving and blogging this.
This is my first crack at blogging a Prize Puzzle, and an enjoyable one it is. Not many problems, just slightly in the SE corner; the last one in was 29A, after having … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 31, 2011 I sailed through this puzzle although I had to look up the two battles (11 and 12A) and 25A (KERRY BLUE). And I … Read more >>
A super crossword from Cinephile, reasonably easy but with a wide range of interesting devices so I would not describe this one as straightforward. This is how the midweek crosswords should be I think, accessible … Read more >>
A fun puzzle and fairly steady solve from Paul, with some ingenious and amusing clues, and one or two easy ones to get / keep things going and to help with less familiar … Read more >>
Another crop of concisely worded, sound clues with silky smooth surface readings – one would expect nothing else of Dac, of course. As Ali mentioned in his Dac blog last week, let’s hope … Read more >>
A nice seasonal puzzle with some tricky cluing. I started at the top left (unusually) which turned out to be very helpful, as the most important theme word was at 1A. DA?E? led readily … Read more >>
Apologies for the delay with the blog. This was quite something, with 2 very long thematic answers relating to 16/12. I haven’t actually read any of his work, but am familiar with the … Read more >>