Never knowingly undersolved
Picaroon regains his missing O after last week for a typically enjoyable puzzle that I found mostly quite straightforward, though with a couple of less-familiar words to keep the brain cells working. Thanks … Read more >>
I thought at first that I was going to breeze through this puzzle, but this offering from Falcon comprises a nice assortment of clues, the latter portion of which required me to think a bit.
My first opportunity to blog an FT puzzle – and it’s by one of my favourite setters! This puzzle was fairly well hidden over Easter – I only came across it through comments … Read more >>
GAFF gives us a "musical anniversary" theme (which eludes me) to start the week…
Profuse apologies for the late blog.
Wire gets us off to a new week, what’s he got in store today?
This for the new Guardian Quick Cryptic #1 published on Saturday 6 April, a new 11 x 11 crossword with the following special instructions:
Don’t worry, it’s not Monday already! The Quiptic has now moved to Sundays, with very little advance warning. Sorry this blog is a little later in the day than usual, but I wasn’t … Read more >>
This month’s geographically based wordplay fun is brought to us by Hamilton. Find the puzzle online at ft.com/crossword
My first ever IoS blog.
I think we should acknowledge that it is a big ask to produce an entry-level puzzle every seven days. On the whole, I think our setter manages that well: this week there are … Read more >>
A more than usually tricky puzzle from Azed this week.
My first blog of a Bluebird grid today.
I found this enjoyable as it was straightforward, perhaps to the point of being “workaday” (in the nicest possible way).
Because there is an extended entry date for this competition, the blog will appear on Saturday 13 April. Please do not comment on the puzzle until the substantive blog is published.