Never knowingly undersolved
Some well-concealed definitions and other bits of trickery made this seem harder that it appears in retrospect. Very enjoyable – thanks to Tramp. Across 1 PLAUDIT Praise? It follows Dua Lipa regularly … Read more >>
A new setter for this Friday's treat. Thanks Solomon for the workout!
Thank you to Fed. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Group of golfers wearing small jumpers possibly getting temporary replacements (8) STOPGAPS : PGA(abbrev. for “Professional Golfers Association”/group of golfers) contained … Read more >>
Guy is today's FT setter.
A puzzle by Wiglaf today, a setter I find quite challenging. Thursday sometimes has a theme and this is the case today. We had Suzi Quatro as a theme on … Read more >>
Piccadilly is looking to SWITCH jobs this week – hopefully just the ‘day job’, and not the puzzle setting…
Wednesday wit from one of our most regular and reliable setters.
A chewy challenge from Goliath.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29371.
Thank you to Falcon. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Tolerated temperature in a bizarre botanical garden (9) ARBORETUM : [ BORE(tolerated/withstood) + T(symbol for “absolute temperature”, in physics) ] contained … Read more >>
I thought that we hadn’t seen Charybdis for quite a while, but in fact he was here last September. Preamble: Twenty-one clues contain an extra word. When made runny, their initial letters … Read more >>
How lucky am I, to bag a Qaos puzzle to blog, so soon after my last one? … …the only nagging issue, as I say every time, is to Spot the Theme, as … Read more >>
It’s us again – this time we are blogging a Knut puzzle. It was Bert blogging yesterday – Joyce’s turn today. If there are any errors, I can blame Bert as he didn’t proofread it properly.
Joyce would also like to pre-empt any comments from Postmark about how lucky we are to be still at home……….
……. we will also still be at home for Saturday’s blog as well. Three blogs this week rather than the two last week when we inadvertently blogged an extra puzzle.
MOO starts off the week…
We’re standing in for flashling today – it’s a while since we blogged a Twin puzzle….