Never knowingly undersolved
Mog has set our cruciverbal challenge today, and what a challenge it turned out to be! I made incredibly slow progress through this puzzle and began to think that I wouldn’t be able … Read more >>
Sleuth gets the grey matter working this morning.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29498.
Hello. Well, that’s one way to resolve a dispute. Unite against a common enemy!
Apparently, we have a new setter – but you never know – which is always an interesting challenge. The astronomical theme was not entirely within my comfort zone and needed a bit of … Read more >>
A brilliant challenge from Monk.
Eccles is a regular Independent setter, usually appearing on a Wednesday every two weeks. Eccles focuses on good clues and rarely, if ever, includes a theme in his puzzles. He … Read more >>
We have a puzzle from Chalicea this week which is her 32nd Inquisitor according to Fifteensquared records. The preamble was short and clear telling us that the unclued 16 and 21 … Read more >>
I don’t think we’ve seen a Dill puzzle around here for a while, so welcome back.
Tricky and very enjoyable – my favourites were 11ac, 15ac, 20ac, 1dn, 4dn, and 10dn. Thanks to Picaroon for the puzzle
Another solid puzzle from Steerpike . . .
ARTEXLEN kicks off the week…
Another Vulcan Monday for those who like a gentle start to the week, with quite a few cryptic (or barely cryptic) definitions. Thanks to Vulcan. Across 1 BIOPIC A sexually fluid work … Read more >>
Wire gets our week going
More geographically based cruciverbal fun from the FT. Find it to solve online or download and print at ft.com/crossword