Never knowingly undersolved
You don’t have to leap on the mag and do the puzzle as soon as it pops through the letterbox. You have about a week to solve the puzzle so you can wait … Read more >>
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 2, 2024
An easier than usual prize offering from Brummie this week.
Neil Shepherd, who died in April 2022, set crosswords for the Financial Times (as Alberich) and for the Independent (as Klingsor). He was highly regarded among setters and solvers alike for his impeccably fair and elegant puzzles.
This week’s Friday slot is occupied, as one might expect, by Phi. I found this one to be towards the harder end of the Phi spectrum in terms of difficulty, and although I … Read more >>
A fun challenge from NEO.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29325.
It’s only a couple of weeks since my last blog of a Brendan puzzle – but I’m certainly not complaining. We have an interesting and enjoyable theme, introduced in the first clue … Read more >>
Julius is the setter in today's FT.
Today’s puzzle is set by Wire whose puzzles appear about once a month in the Independent daily cryptic series. Thursday puzzles in the Independent often has a theme and today … Read more >>
Eclogue presents some (28) clues with MISSING letters – and several thematic items and a place to deduce…
A fun solve – my favourites were 11ac, 15ac, 25ac, and 13dn. Thanks to Picaroon for the puzzle
Hurrah, it’s Eccles – always brightens up a dull Wednesday morning.
A pleasure to see Basilisk in this morning’s slot.
Eclogue gives us a hexagonal jigsaw. Preamble: Clues are presented in alphabetical order of their solutions, which must be inserted into the grid where they will fit, in straight lines in one … Read more >>