Never knowingly undersolved
A fine crossword from Cinephile, complete with his usual ‘bending of the rules’ that will delight some and no doubt infuriate others. I didn’t find that the special instructions were important to solving this … Read more >>
Another excellent puzzle from Paul, which I found great fun to solve. It’s quite straightforward, I think, but there’s lots to admire – and smile at – in the ingenious cluing. Across 1 … Read more >>
No surprises over today’s setter: it’s Wednesday, so it just had to be a Dac. Similarly, no surprises about the kind of crossword in store for us: a set of perfectly sound, uncontrived … Read more >>
I found this offering by Loda pretty tricky. Due to my lack of knowledge of statistics and statistical modelling, the clue in the title utterly passed me by, and I had completed the … Read more >>
I rarely get round to tackling the Guardian or FT puzzle these days (or The Times for that matter), so it’s always good to get a bowlful of Halpern in The Indy every … Read more >>
Some pleasingly tricky clues here, in particular 7 down and 16 down. I didn’t otherwise find much to comment on, except I wonder how our nonnative English speakers fared with the somewhat obscure slang … Read more >>
Orlando took us through the countryside for an entertaining morning’s leisurely walk without too much difficulty and accompanied by a bracing breeze. ACROSS 1 INDICT ha 4 ESPOUSAL Ins of USA (country) in … Read more >>
(Sorry for the late posting – last minute delays writing this up due to work commitments etc) Maybe it’s just me, but I think the Genius puzzles are getting generally harder. Number 91 … Read more >>
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism This was one of those puzzles where you know, from the presence of some slightly odd words in the down clues, that there must … Read more >>
Gentle and easy does it with Rufus today, with the usual smooth surface readings. On the other hand there are a couple of clues that I raise an eyebrow at because the cryptic … Read more >>
I found nothing particularly noteworthy in this workmanlike puzzle. As 10 of the 28 clues involved anagrams it was easy to solve but lacked variety. All definitions given are from Chambers 11th Edition. … Read more >>
A vacancy has arisen on the Quiptic blogging team. If anyone is interested in joining the team please email me at: admin{at}fifteensquared{dot}net. The commitment would be for a blog every fourth week, to … Read more >>
A relative quick start and a slow finish for me this week, not helped by overconfidently writing in some non-existent words. I’m not sure if there’s something going on here that I can’t … Read more >>
Nick: A fairly easy stroll for an Azed this week. 18dn was the last in, as the instruction ‘The Chambers Dictionary (2008) is recommended‘ always steers me in the wrong direction when proper nouns … Read more >>
Lorraine: Nice steady Everyman this week, nothing to taxing although I had to look up 25a. in Bradfords to confirm. Thank you Everyman. Across 1. Noon, and crate’s broken open for delicious drink … Read more >>