Never knowingly undersolved
A medium-strength offering from the master, challenging and instructive as ever. Thanks to Azed. Rather unusually, the rubric mentions three “problematic” answers: two that are not in Chambers, and one abbreviation. Azed sometimes … Read more >>
With a traditional British summer in full swing Bluth inerrupts the wind and the rain. A great pleasure as always. Some novel constructs which I have come to expect from Bluth – all … Read more >>
It’s Paul filling the Prize slot this week, with something of a mixture of clue styles. We had old favourites at 4dn and 19dn, for instance, but it turned out that the former … Read more >>
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 5, 2023
Paul rounds off the week with a generally straightforward puzzle, with just a few bits of parsing that took more thinking about. I had ticks for 1ac SPEEDWAY, 11ac ARTLESSLY, 29ac MOONSETS, 7dn … Read more >>
Phiday fun and games again.
A fun challenge from BUCCANEER this Friday.
Guy is the compiler of the FT puzzle this morning.
Another new Indy setter for us today – welcome Salty!
11 clues which contain a thematic word with its position in the clue defining a letter in the answer used. THis shows in the gird a character whose previous condition made them look … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29145.
Filbert is occupying this week’s Wednesday slot, which I am not that used to finding him in. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, pitched at the right level for a mid-week … Read more >>
RIP Mike Holmans I heard today that Mike (Alchemi, Hemical, Chalmie) died yesterday. More details as and when.
Thanks Brendan – I really enjoyed this…
A lovely start to the day from Julius.