Never knowingly undersolved
I got off to a good start by guessing the long answer to 1,12 from the definition and enumeration, and it was reasonably plain sailing (by Vlad’s standards) from then on. There was … Read more >>
Confession time: I agreed to stand in for scchua today but got myself confused – easily done just after midnight – and I thought I’d agreed to do the FT.
Aardvark is today's setter in the FT
I’m always happy to see a puzzle from Methuselah. Methuselah covers a lot of subjects in the clues – today we had allusions to language, geography, sport, biology, music, literature, … Read more >>
Check has got the POLYFILLA out this week – has some DIY gone wrong?…
Our Wednesday challenge is from Eccles.
A very enjoyable puzzle, and not too tricky.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29252.
Phi drops in with an early offering for Sankt Nikolaustag. Preamble: Entries are real words, with some being the result of modifying clue answers (numbers in brackets reflect the space available in … Read more >>
Twin fills the Tuesday slot.
A fairly tricky but enjoyable and rewarding challenge, meticulously clued, with excellent surfaces, from Jack. There are lots of super clues – I started ticking my favourites but had to give up, as … Read more >>
scchua, the regular blogger is unavailable today, so I am standing in. I don’t venture into Financial Times territory very often, so this is my first encounter with the setter MOO … Read more >>
BOBCAT starts the week off…
Thanks to Brummie for the puzzle – my favourites were 21ac, 2dn, 12dn, 14dn, and 20dn.
A pleasing and tractable Quiptic from Chandler. This might have been a ‘first puzzle I solved unaided’ experience for someone, somewhere this morning. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as … Read more >>