Never knowingly undersolved
I am a fan of complex wordplay rather than cryptic definitions, so I always find Bannsider’s puzzles stimulating . There were some excellent wordplay examples here – e.g. EGGS BENEDICT although I have some … Read more >>
A tough one today, I found, made even tougher by the relatively low number of checked squares. In fact, the grid looks like there might be a Nina, but I don’t see one. … Read more >>
I never quite know what to expect from Brummie, so was a bit 9ac when I started this puzzle. I needn’t have worried – it turned out to be quite straightforward and a … Read more >>
Some nice misdirection made this puzzle tougher than it appeared on first sight. I opened with the top-left and slowed down at the bottom-right, with 23a and 23d causing me more trouble than … Read more >>
Plenty of high-calibre material in here. Loroso’s eclectic style almost defies pigeon-holing; in many ways traditional yet ever-innovative; occasionally fiendish with wordplay but usually complemented or vindicated by the most natural of surface … Read more >>
Dac?! On a Thursday!? After Phi’s unexpected appearance yesterday, I assumed that Dac was probably due a Saturday slot, we’d have a date-related puzzle tomorrow and that today would be the usual Thursday … Read more >>
This was mostly straightforward, with a few very obvious clues, but there was some good fun too – I liked 14ac, 27ac, and especially 18dn. Sometimes the clues took a bit of working … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword on 22 November 2010 I am blogging this in London and the culprit is holidaying somewhere nice and warm. Dante, do have a restful sojourn Down Under. Solvers in Brrrrritain … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 20 For once Cinephile uses a theme that does not make his whole puzzle rather easy once one has copped to it! In fact I … Read more >>
A late-night log-on to the FT site revealed that my first blog here would be devoted to one of Cinephile’s thematic puzzles in the series “XX has the same meaning throughout”: in other … Read more >>
Well, I learnt a new word today, at 2 down, having toyed with TRIBALISM, thinking BALI was the island, before deciding I couldn’t make it fit the word play. There is no doubt that … Read more >>
Phi on a Wednesday indeed. Something is afoot. No doubt Eimi or someone will amuse us on Friday with a theme that we can’t predict. And what Dac is doing I can’t think, … Read more >>
The preamble told us that clashes in the grid must be resolved (producing some non-words in the process) to display the name of a man of note for whom 2010 is an anniversary, … Read more >>
Nestor, Nimrod now Anax. This crossword is a tribute to … … a recently deceased Agony Aunt and writer/broadcaster. Only the one two I can’t really see today! Across 1,26 Farewell – FELL about … Read more >>
I might have guessed that on the day of the first Meet The Guardian Team that the featured setter would have his puzzle published. Well, I have travelled some 7,000 miles to a … Read more >>