Never knowingly undersolved
As always, I was pleased to see Philistine’s name on a puzzle, particularly as it was a Prize. I fairly raced through the first few clues, thinking that it was at the easier … Read more >>
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 8, 2023
Pangakupu’s puzzles appear sufficiently infrequently for me to have to retune in to his wavelength each time. I haven’t quite got the measure of him yet. My favourites today were 4ac, 9ac, 10ac, … Read more >>
Phi on a Friday as usual.
An excellent challenge from JULIUS this Friday.
A particularly tough solve – still not too sure with some of the parsing. Favourites 17ac, 3dn, and 6dn. Thanks to Imogen for the puzzle.
July brings a puzzle from a new compiler to me – Vagans. I await my illumination. The preamble took several reads to reveal four words to comprise a book’s title and four key … Read more >>
Sleuth has privided this morning’s entertainment
Grecian pops up every few weeks and today’s the day. Bert and Joyce are on their hols so you have a second blog from me this week. I doubt if … Read more >>
This Wednesday, unless I am much mistaken, sees work by a new compiler. I have certainly not come across the work of this setter, let alone blogged any of his puzzles. This was … Read more >>
Mostly straightforward clueing from Qaos today, but is there any more to the puzzle? Yes, of course there is: we have a theme of characters from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (who could perhaps … Read more >>
A very enjoyable start to the day – thanks Basilisk!
A sizeable preamble to digest this week: The four entries in the outside columns are new words derived from their clue answers (whose lengths are given) in a consistent way. Solvers must complete … Read more >>
I haven’t blogged a Knut puzzle for a while, so it was good to see his name on today’s Independent crossword. AS is often the case, I solved a Tuesday puzzle … Read more >>
Anto provides the Guardian puzzle today.