Never knowingly undersolved
I thought I would be tackling this puzzle while resting up after getting a new hip. But it didn’t happen, again. The last time it didn’t happen in July was down to hospital … Read more >>
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 9, 2023
There is a recent pattern here…I have left the finishing touches to the last minute again…this time due to a recent holiday and a parental 80th birthday…so my sister, who is visiting from Australia, has suggested I should use ChatGPT to fill the spaces…
As usual, we have a puzzle from Phi on a Friday. There is a clear theme throughout the puzzle. In fact it is spelled out in the top row – … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29176.
A return from the DON for a Friday puzzle.
I’m always pleased to see Fed’s name on a puzzle that I’m down to blog, knowing that I’m in for an enjoyable challenge in the parsing department. All the hallmarks are there: ingenious … Read more >>
Our daily entertainment is provided by Grecian today.
Guy wakes up our grey matter this morning.
“A change of regime has led to a new political correctness. Six clues have no definition and their answers must be altered to comply with the new requirement to MIND YOUR LANGUAGE. Extra letters generated by the wordplay of down clues spell out a further instruction affecting 12 cells. Numbers in brackets refer to entry lengths. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended, One answer is an abbreviation; 20dn is in Collins.”
If you only do one IO puzzle this year, let this one be it.
We’re blogging another Filbert!
Enjoyed this a lot – many favourites including 9ac, 15ac, 3dn, 6dn, 7dn, and 21dn. Thanks to Picaroon
Atrica has provided today’s puzzle. I have not had that much experience of solving and blogging work by this setter. I found this to be towards hard end of the Indy difficulty spectrum. … Read more >>
Mirror Image V by Serpent The grid has 90° rotational symmetry but no numbers or additional bars should be added at this stage. Five clues contain an extra word, to be removed before … Read more >>