Never knowingly undersolved
Thank you to Anto. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Screens drug for something not readily noticed (5,4) BLIND SPOT : BLINDS(screens/shades for windows) + POT(drug, specifically cannabis). 6. Party demands … Read more >>
Apart from a couple of quibbles and one exceptionally clever clue, this solve was mostly straightforward.
I believe this is the first Genius to be set by Twin. Indeed, it may be his/her first Guardian puzzle. But I’m informed by the excellent Crossword Forum that Twin won the Ascot Gold Cup in 2020 and 2022 for Listener puzzles (voted so by correct solvers) and has set crosswords as Prime for the Telegraph Toughie and as Agenor in the TLS. And the day after I compose this post, November 7th, Twin sets the Independent Cryptic.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4075.
Bluth sets the Saturday cryptic crossword challenge today.
This is the thirty-fifth 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. There is a summary of the tricks used in the first six months here. This puzzle can be found here.
It’s Brummie back on a Saturday, exactly four weeks since my blog of his most recent Prize puzzle. I always enjoy Brummie’s puzzle – but there’s an extra hazard here for the blogger: … Read more >>
A relatively tame puzzle from Cyclops, in terms of political satire and skoolboy smuttery in the clueing, that is…
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 23, 2024
Phi in his regular Friday slot.
A good solid puzzle from Imogen today. I started off quickly in the NW corner; things got a little stickier after that, but it all worked out in the end. Thanks to Imogen. … Read more >>
XELA serves up a gentle challenge today.
Thank you to Picaroon. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Doing loads of laundry, holding one article for Americans (14) WASHINGTONIANS : [WASHING(doing laundry) TONS(loads/very much of] containing(holding) [ I(Roman numeral … Read more >>
It’s Thursday and we have a Knut to solve and blog. No complaints today.
A complex preamble but not really that complicated. Regular clues numbered and then pairs of regular clues linked together forming a row or column’s entries and insert the appropriate bars – then highlight … Read more >>