Never knowingly undersolved
I seemed not to be on Paul’s wavelength today, finding this quite hard. Perhaps others had a different experience, and it was fun to work out. Thanks to Paul. There’s an obvious theme … Read more >>
Eccles is occupying the Wednesday compiling slot this week. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, although I got off to a pretty slow start. Solving some of the longer perimeter entries … Read more >>
Many thanks to Basilisk for a fun start to the morning.
Jack is the Guardian inquisitor this morning.
A palim what? Each clue is a palimpsest in which one letter has been overwritten in the definition. The original letters must be restored before solving: they spell a quotation and its author. … Read more >>
Grecian’s monthly puzzle appears today. There is a clear BISCUIT or COOKIE theme to this puzzle, with names of types of or brands distributed throughout the grid as complete or … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29334.
I enjoyed this–nothing too strenuous or obscure, but some delightful innovations and economical cluing from Leonidas.
HAMILTON starts off the week…
He’s done Guardian Prize, he’s done Guardian genius, he’s done Guardian Cryptic, but this is as far as I can see Picaroon’s debut in the Quiptic slot. Welcome. People sometimes comment when a … Read more >>
It’s something of a surprise to see a Philistine puzzle on a Monday – and a particularly pleasant one for me, as I haven’t had one to blog since last July. Lots of … Read more >>
Vigo starts our week
First of all apologies for posting this too early, I just typed the wrong number and that somehow failed to fill in one answer. Everyman doing what he does
As far as I can see, this is a debut from Bard, so welcome and congratulations. I have an opinion on this puzzle, but will leave it to others to comment first about … Read more >>
A plain Azed puzzle.