Never knowingly undersolved
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone After a lot of quite difficult puzzles recently, it was nice to have something relatively straightforward. I even had time to look for the NINA, which appears across the … Read more >>
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Answers to clues marked with an asterisk are some of the “pseudo names” used by correspondents to the Eye a few issues ago. It started with a few die-hard footy fans trying to … Read more >>
A fairly typical experience — one or two very nice clues, one or two I can’t understand, and quite a lot of working things out from the wordplay and saying “well perhaps it’s … Read more >>
In the absence of the scheduled blogger, I’m offering this as a late substitute, so apologies for any typos, etc. I didn’t expect to be blogging this puzzle, so made no notes as … Read more >>
I thought we might be in for a hard time today what with this being puzzle number 13,000 and it being Friday the 13th but no, the only problem seems to be the … Read more >>
I could not finish this, essentially because I’d never heard of the 39 letter phrase at the heart of the puzzle. However, as it bounces up on Google, I may be in a … Read more >>
Straightforward for a friday but very pleasing with a nice agricultural theme. dd = double definition * = anagram “” = homophone (X) = inserted (x) = deleted << = reversed Across 7. … Read more >>
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. This seemed to come together a little more quickly than in recent weeks, so I’d be interested to hear how other solvers found this. There … Read more >>
Across 6 hidden reversed in “lIETh” 7 ROB in SINS in NORM< – MRS ROBINSON. Credit where it’s due – Mrs Dubya got this one. 10 A in RODS in BIDE – BROADSIDE. … Read more >>
On my last blog, Inquisitor 106, Pared Down by Kea, I commented that I was lucky to have to blog only twenty-one clues. I shouldn’t have celebrated so much as I have lurched … Read more >>
Apologies for the delay. i had been waiting for someone to put me wise on formatting, but I haven’t heard anything back. This was quite a tough challenge and took me about four … Read more >>
There is no point in repeating or paraphrasing the preamble here because solvers and any other interested parties will have already read it. I made slow but steady progress with this puzzle though … Read more >>
It’s been fairly hard to avoid the fact that 2009 is the bicentenary of Charles Darwin’s birth, but the fact that the actual day is Feb 12th must have passed me by as … Read more >>
Two enjoyable FT puzzles in a row, first Monk now Mudd. Some of the clues had me metaphorically scratching my head but then the penny would drop and I had to smile at … Read more >>