Never knowingly undersolved
I made a bit of a slow start on this, but once a few answers were in the rest mostly fell satisfyingly into place. Thanks to Brummie. I noticed while solving that a … Read more >>
Puzzles by Grecian tend to appear once a month in the Independent series at the moment. I note that I have blogged the last three Grecian puzzles in May, June … Read more >>
Some nice surprises in today’s Falcon puzzle
NEO kicks things off this week…
A pleasing Quiptic as always from Hectence, with some delightful surface readings. A few straightforward anagrams to start the grid fill, then mainly a diet of cleverly constructed charades for the solver to … Read more >>
A rare collaboration in today's Guardian
Hippogryph is a regular but not particularly frequent setter of Indy puzzles. This is the first time one of his offerings has come up on my watch, and I enjoyed solving and blogging … Read more >>
Another highly enjoyable geographically themed puzzle in the FT’s Sunday series. Find it on the FT website to print or solve interactively, or use the FT’s smartphone app.
Another Sunday, another Everyman to solve over a beer in the pub.
Those that like Hoskins’ puzzles to be filled with drink and drug references won’t be disappointed by this one. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind … Read more >>
A musical theme for this month’s Genius.
What one expects from Azed: sound clueing, lots of crazy words that need a copy of Chambers, and all very enjoyable.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics and shown *(like this) or (this)*
Saturday’s Indy puzzle is set by Tees
I found this a tough solve – Tramp is great at finding synonyms that I wouldn’t think of! – but a satisfying puzzle to work at. Thanks, Tramp! (There are a couple of … Read more >>
Cyclops serves up a dollop of serendipitous Schadenfreude, this fortnight…