Never knowingly undersolved
You always know you are in for a carefully constructed and thoughtfully clued Quiptic when Pasquale is in the saddle. This one went in steadily, with only one less well known word – … Read more >>
Sunday afternoon after an exhausting visit by grandsons and a relaxing pint or 3 and the Everyman
Filbert is becoming a regular in the Independent on Sunday slot. I enjoy his puzzles, but continue to find them at the harder end of the spectrum. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double … Read more >>
Azed gives us a standard plain puzzle for the competition this month. The competition clue is the 12-letter entry at 2 down I struggled a bit with the wording of … Read more >>
Many of you will have, like myself, solved today’s Guardian Prize puzzle and learned of the death of Rufus at the age of 91.
I did wonder about including the previous sentence but I notice that another website has already made the connection.
Roger retired as a setter in 2017 and was featured in The Guardian. There is also a Wikipedia Page.
I had the pleasure of meeting Roger, albeit briefly, in Birmingham in 2011 in The Old Contemptibles, where he performed a few magic tricks.
A second Prize puzzle in succession for Brockwell!
We don’t often see a puzzle by Dutch and I must admit I forget the last time I saw one. So I approached this with some trepidation thinking I might be in for a … Read more >>
I have to admit to leaving this blog to the last minute (i.e. forgetting the new Friday deadline)…but, serendipitously…
Weekend puzzle from the FT of June 3, 2023
What’s this? Picaroon with Special Instructions? On a weekday? Several times lately Picaroon has taken to hiding his themes until midway through the down clues, thus frustrating solvers like me who tackle the … Read more >>
Bert has been completing most of our blogs for a while, leaving Joyce to carry out the final checks. Today however, it’s Joyce blogging the Phi puzzle ……..
A fun challenge from MUDD this Friday.
Gurney is the setter of today's FT crossword.
Twin, a compiler with whose work I am not yet that familiar, has set today’s crossword. I thoroughly enjoyed solving this puzzle ,and I particularly appreciated its sound clues and lack of overly … Read more >>
An enjoyable and tricky solve – I was glad to get several of the long solutions early on. Favourites were 8ac, 9ac, 11ac, 18ac, 1dn, 2dn, and 14dn. Thanks to Jack for the puzzle