Never knowingly undersolved
As this puzzle was published, the run-up to Christmas 2024 and New Year 2025 was in full swing. This week and next would be the final hurdle for those so far all-correct to … Read more >>
I’m standing in for scchua today and it’s Paul rounding off the weekday puzzles. Following the idea used in his two most recent puzzles, featuring sandwiches and parties, Paul offers us one with … Read more >>
An unfamiliar setter this Friday who has dished out a solid challenge. Thanks XELA!
Phi is ushering in the weekend with his latest Friday puzzle. Today’s grid accommodated a large number of clues of different lengths (from 3 to 15 letters), although it did seem to be … Read more >>
Umpire continues his quarterly appearance trend to day, following the most recent outing in mid-October. The grid is a slightly odd shape, but there were only two occurrences of consecutive … Read more >>
A straughtforward offering from Mudd this morning.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29587.
I’m going to put it out there – if we had an annual awards ceremony for the Enigmatic Variations (the Evvys?) – which we don’t – then Luxor would be strutting his/her stuff on the red carpet in a tux/ballgown, as a strong favourite for POTY (Puzzle of the Year) with SELF-SIMILARITY…
My second Eccles puzzle in a row, as he returns to his usual Wednesday slot.
It’s Pasquale making his first appearance of the new year. The two long anagrams were helpful in getting started. There are perhaps one or two more unfamiliar / unknown words than usual but, … Read more >>
Thanks to Goliath for a (mostly) breezy start to the day.
Thanks to Brummie for the puzzle, and apologies for a late and slightly rushed blog.
Harribobs takes us through into the new year …
Preamble: Wordplay in 45 clues leads to the answer plus an extra letter, not entered in the grid. In clue order, extra letters give two instructions. Eighteen artists (three using given names as well as surnames), are represented in the exhibition. Each artist’s piece is square or rectangular and marked in its top right corner by ‘*’ (or ‘A’ for a key piece). The solver must frame all pieces. The website WikiArt.org is recommended.
It’s Tuesday and we have another Deri to solve and blog.
Slormgorm has been been a regular setter in the Financial Times series with puzzles appearing about once a month since mid-2018. He also sets as Hoskins in the Independent series where I have … Read more >>