Never knowingly undersolved
Philistine rounds off the week with a typically ingenious and witty puzzle. I had ticks for, among others – too many to list, 1,5 CURRENT ACCOUNT, a neat charade to start us off, … Read more >>
A slow solve with a lot of tricky clues and parsing – my favourites today were 25ac, 8dn, and 19dn. Thanks to Imogen.
Grecian has provided this Thursday’s cruciverbal workout, and a workout indeed it was, at least for me. I really enjoyed grappling with this puzzle, which was positively teeming with flair and ingenuity. I … Read more >>
A typical Zamora puzzle with a pangram. The puzzle took a lot less time to complete than it did to blog due to technical difficulties this morning, so apologies for the layout. Also, … Read more >>
Hello. A nice short preamble this week, with nothing confusing:
It’s not often that we see Goliath on a Wednesday, and not often that I find him as tricky as I did this morning.
A fairly straightforward puzzle this morning, with the four multi-light downs providing lots of helpful crossing letters. Thanks to Pangakupu. Pangakupu puzzles usually have a Maori word or phrase hidden in the grid, … Read more >>
Every second Wednesday, Eccles comes along with an Independent cryptic puzzle to challenge us. There was good mix of vocabulary in today’s puzzle. I had LAMPOONING in at 9 across … Read more >>
eXternal is a prolific setter of Inquisitor puzzles with interesting themes and cluing devices. Today, the preamble told us that a letter must be reinstated in each of 36 clues. The … Read more >>
Vigo provides our Tuesday entertainment this week.
Qaos is the setter of the Guardian puzzle this morning.
Solomon is a recent addition to the FT stable, and is definitely a setter with his own style, as demonstrated by a number of today’s clues. By no means an easy solve.
SLORMGORM kicks off the week…
Filbert on two consecutive days in the daily Independent. Not illegal, but certainly uncommon. A fine puzzle, which I enjoyed teasing out and finally completing. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29447.