Never knowingly undersolved
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 >>
A toughie from Bobcat this morning.
Eccles has once again provided the Wednesday puzzle this week. I found this to be an enjoyable, medium-difficulty puzzle, with progress being hampered by the fact that there were no longer entries in … Read more >>
Thanks to Monk for the challenge this morning.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29551.
This is our first IQ blog and to our great relief, we found Vismut’s offering fairly straightforward (by IQ standards!).
Paul is back again, with a quite challenging puzzle, which I really enjoyed … … in fact, this is one of those that I could say remind me of why Paul used to … Read more >>
Stamp is an infrequent setter in the Independent but previous puzzles have been interesting. Tuesday is theme day in the Independent and Stamp has shown a fondness for themes in … Read more >>
An entertaining assortment of clues from Gurney today.
PETO provides this morning's puzzle…
A fun solve – my favourites were 21ac, 26ac, and 7dn. Thanks to Maskarade
New week and Vernon, who’s not been seen for a while returns
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 16, 2024
Hectence is our longest-standing Quiptic setter, and has produced a pleasing and well-constructed puzzle for those newer to the dark art of cryptics this morning. Some lovely surface readings to boot. Abbreviations cd … Read more >>
Newsworthy events of November in cryptic form. Find it to solve online or download and print at ft.com/crossword