Never knowingly undersolved
Phi is in his usual place in the Indie roster this week I think this is just a straightforward crossword without a theme, but I’m never sure with Phi’s talent … Read more >>
Thanks to Quirister for swapping with us yesterday – we get a Serpent to blog!
A treat to be standing in to blog the Guardian this morning.
Jason’s the FT setter today.
“Single-letter clashes occur in circled cells; reading in column order, picking one of the letters in each clash will spell out what THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN have in common; the other 14 letters should be entered in the cells. In each clue, the wordplay leads to the answer and a single extra letter; reading in clue order, these letters show how one would access one of the MAGNIFICENT SEVEN using the (appropriately positioned) circled letters. Its creator (4,8) should be written below the grid. One answer is an abbreviation; Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
Wednesday fun from Filbert.
A tricky puzzle from IO this morning.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29341.
Italicus, a compiler whose work it has rarely fallen to me to blog, has provided this week’s Tuesday – aka theme day – puzzle. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle overall, … Read more >>
It’s more than six weeks since Pangakupu’s last appearance – time enough for it to take a few minutes for me to retune to his wavelength. Once started, the answers began to flow, … Read more >>
I found this very challenging for a Tuesday, and about halfway through, I was not sure that I was going to be able to finish this for the blog.
PEDROCK kicks off the week…
A little tricky for a Monday – my favourites were 15ac, 21ac, 4dn, 6dn, and 23dn. Thanks to Vulcan for the puzzle