Never knowingly undersolved
This was perhaps at the more challenging end of the spectrum for Independent on Sunday puzzles, but nevertheless reasonably straightforward. Across 1 HOPELESS Henry slopes off without sweetheart, dejected H = Henry (SI … Read more >>
Lorraine: Morning all, Started quite well this week but soon came to a grinding halt until Nick came to my rescue. Think my crossword head got up and ran off halfway through this weeks … Read more >>
The usual utterly sound and satisfactory puzzle from Azed. Across 1 FIREPLUG — discharging = fire, bolt = gulp, which reversed is plug. A fireplug is a hydrant: one is misled by the … Read more >>
The next Sloggers and Betters (London) get-together will take place on Tuesday 24th May. The venue will be the Ship and Shovell under Charing Cross Station and it is expected that the early … Read more >>
Nimrod is one of the most prolific compilers at the moment, under a variety of pseudonyms. He is also Enigmatist in the Guardian, Io in the Financial Times and Elgar in the Daily … Read more >>
I solved most of this puzzle on the train from London to Lyon, and found it an excellent way of making a long journey shorter. Unfortunately there was no online version available so … Read more >>
So no grid numbers this week – just a list of straight clues in alphabetical order of their grid entry, forming an alphabetical jigsaw. After the majority have been entered, the remaining grid … Read more >>
The line “A celebratory crossword” at the top of the clue list gave me some trepidation. Not being up on the details of the big event happening today, this meant a challenge, and … Read more >>
As always, an excellent, entertaining crossword from Paul. The clue of the day is certainly the brilliant and topical “Fancy lad and me tied knot!” Across 1. WICHITA I + CHIT = “note” … Read more >>
Another Bank Holiday? They’re like buses at the moment. Well what could be happening today? Phi moves over for Morph. A week with neither Phi or DAC, very odd. Edit Phi did saturday’s … Read more >>
Suppose I should have seen the theme coming. I thought Neo did well to stretch the thematic material as far as he did – even if it may be a little too innuendo-laden … Read more >>
This is my first attempt at blogging a Mordred crossword and I have to say that it has been a real struggle, first to solve and above all to blog. I fear that … Read more >>
I am pretty sure this is the first appearance of a Tramp cryptic crossword. I remembered seeing his name on a Genius puzzle earlier in the year and, after some research on this … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword from 18 April 2011 Not as many cd’s and dd’s as we have been accustomed to seeing in a Dante puzzle. Of these, I liked 11 across the best. Across … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 16 This week Cincinnus gives us three homophones (!) and some typically fine double definitions. My favourite clues here are 11A (RILKE), 24A (GREER), 1D … Read more >>