Never knowingly undersolved
Phi fills his normal Friday slot There are some obvious islands in the grid, two of which were clued as islands. CAPRI and TIREE are the ones clued directly. ASCENSION, … Read more >>
Bluth provides our Thursday challenge this week.
Leonidas provides the puzzle for my first blog of the year.
The puzzle mayu be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28959.
Merry Xmas and a happy New Year!
This year’s prize Maskarade is my first outing as a new blogger.
I think we’re more used to seeing Anto on Monday, in either the Cryptic or the Quiptic slot. I’ve never been one of Anto’s greatest fans but, apart from the characteristic looseness in … Read more >>
One of Hippogryph’s bi-monthly appearances fills the first Wednesday slot of 2023 – Happy New Year!
I always enjoy Aardvark’s puzzles.
Filbert’s latest puzzle is the subject of my first blog of 2023, delayed because I have been travelling (or rather attempting to travel!) I feel that I have solved and parsed all the … Read more >>
Retrospective by Ploy In six clues, a word has been acted on by either of two straight-line occurrences of a word which will appear in the grid. The action must be undone before … Read more >>
A very fun solve, with several tricky parsings to work out at the end. Favourites 1ac, 12ac, 15ac, and 17dn. Thanks to Nutmeg for the puzzle.
Quite the workout from Chalmie for Yours Truly today . . .
Thank you to Kite. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Journo to broadcast on cultism (9) COLUMNIST : Anagram of(to broadcast) ON CULTISM. Defn: …/journalist. 6. Celebrity of revolutionary traitors (4) … Read more >>
I blogged Laccaria’s only previous offering which was Peanuts themed with a cracking anagram
A nice straightforward set of clues to ease us into 2023. Thanks to Vulcan. (I’m going to be out all day so will be unable to respond to comments or correct errors till … Read more >>