Never knowingly undersolved
Brummie’s appearances are becoming more frequent: this is his fifth puzzle this year and the third Prize one. The blogger, bridgesong, called the previous puzzle ‘an easier than usual prize offering’ and I … Read more >>
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 16, 2024
A tale of two halves for your blogger, this fortnight…the bottom half seemed to fill up rather quickly, but the top half was a bit chewier…
A very enjoyable solve – my favourites were 10ac, 12ac, 23ac, 18dn, and 24dn. Thanks to Picaroon
Our regular Friday setter is here again.
A breezy challenge from MUDD today.
What a preamble! With a hint from 18dn – a name around more than half the perimeter – 6 clues with definitions and word play differing by one letter – the six selected … Read more >>
Bert and Joyce are off on holiday (again) for two weeks so you got me today and Quirister next Wednesday, anyway quite a Thursday toughy from Rodriguez
Gozo takes a turn as the FT Thursday setter.
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 >>