Never knowingly undersolved
Happy New Year to one and all! Thank you to Anto. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Fire that awful person taking pictures (3,5) ART THIEF : Anagram of(… awful) FIRE … Read more >>
This grid is chock-full of the witty and precise clues that I have come to expect from Buccaneer. I nominate 55A for Clue of the Year. I hope that I have solved and parsed everything satisfactorily.
The grid with the clue previously missing from the online publication appears here: FT 17,933 revised
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4079.
The puzzle is available to solve online or download here.
This is the thirty-ninth Guardian Quick Cryptic, a series of 11 x 11 crosswords designed to support beginners learning cryptic crosswords. The whole point of these crosswords is support and encouragement of new solvers, so special rules for these crosswords apply – see here – those rules include not posting solving times. This puzzle can be found here.
This is now three Paul puzzles in a row on my blogging days this month…
Phi provides our usual Friday entertainment.
A super fun and intriguing puzzle from GUY as my last blog for 2024.
Apologies that my blog is later than usual.
Filbert provides us with our Boxing Day workout.
A Boxing Day treat to see a puzzle from Arachne – a fairly gentle one, to suit anyone who may have overindulged yesterday, but beautifully constructed as ever. Thanks to Arachne, and Merry … Read more >>
I was fully expecting there to be no puzzle today.
Stamp has provided a puzzle with a festive ghost theme to keep us entertained between the presents and the turkey this Christmas Day. I found this to be quite a challenging crossword, although … Read more >>
Our second IQ blog is an Ifor – we’re in for a challenge!
It’s the day before Christmas and we have a puzzle by Moriarty When writing the blog, I wondered whether ANTITYPE [9 across] is a contronym or Janus word that has … Read more >>