Never knowingly undersolved
Italicus makes the Monday morning commute to deliver us the Indy crossword. A good example for me of a solid, serious cryptic for a national daily. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition … Read more >>
This puzzle is available to solve online or download here.
Thank you to Kite. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Appeal from lover to flirt heartlessly (6) BEAUTY : BEAU(lover/boyfriend) plus(to) “toy”(to flirt/to lead on as if sexually attracted) minus its … Read more >>
Azed is in classic form.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4063.
A stout challenge from JULIUS this Friday.
I have done a few Quince puzzles since they appeared a few years ago but I’m not sure I’ve done one with so many questions left unanswered at the end.
This is the twenty-third 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. The puzzle can be found here.
For a while now, I’ve been used to prefacing my blogs of Imogen’s Prize puzzles with a comment that they appear very rarely: I think this is only the sixth in six years … Read more >>
Cyclops seems to have some fundamental things on his mind, this fortnight…
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 31, 2024
A solid challenge from JASON which necessitated googling for confirming a couple of parses.
Pasquale rounds off the weekday cryptics with a characteristically well-clued and interesting puzzle. This time there were no words I hadn’t heard of but one or two unusual usages, perhaps and just one … Read more >>
Our regular Phiday challenge.
This is my first blog of a Maskarade jumbo prize crossword although I have solved a few in recent years.