Never knowingly undersolved
Every second Wednesday Eccles comes along with a crossword free of themes and special cluing devices that offers a calm period of solving a well constructed puzzle. Having said that, … Read more >>
Xanthippe appears on fifteensquiared as a setter of Inquisitor and Enigmatic Variations (EV) puzzles. He/she features about once a year alternating between Inquisitors and EVs – although the cycle has been once every … Read more >>
I had the pleasure of blogging a Kairos puzzle last month, so it’s nice to meet him again.
Some nice clues here – I liked the appropriate anagram in 9a – but also some niggles, as noted below. Thanks to Anto for the puzzle. Across 1 BED HOPPER Spooner’s accused … Read more >>
After breezing through half this puzzle, I needed to engage with a bit more attention to work out the other half, with Neo offering several truly ingenious clues, with quite a few witty surfaces.
MOO provides this bank holiday’s puzzle…
This was on the easier end of the spectrum for Monday puzzles, but very enjoyable nonetheless.
Vulcan with a typical Monday puzzle…
The monthly current affairs themed puzzle from the FT. Find it to solve online at ft.com/crossword
A fine Quiptic from the ever-reliable Pasquale.
A long answer at 1 across can be helpful in getting into a puzzle, but in this case I needed a lot of crossing letters to work it out. Apart from that it … Read more >>
Another pleasing and sound cryptic from Everyman. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions are underlined Across 1 When … Read more >>
Thank you to Umpire. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Bit of equipment from school gym caught in zip (6) PENCIL : PE(abbrev. for “physical education”, or “gym” in a school … Read more >>
Guten morgen, meine freunde. Ich bin in Munchen am Urlaub*. Ok, enough showing off, I have a Methuselah grid to blog before going off in search of more cultural highlights, the best of … Read more >>
This is the twenty-first 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.