Never knowingly undersolved
Crosophile has provided this Wednesday’s cruciverbal challenge. I made relatively swift progress through this medium-difficulty puzzle. I did, however, come to a standstill with two clues left unsolved: 19, which was staring me … Read more >>
A relatively gentle puzzle today. Thank you Aardvark.
It’s Brendan setting the mid-week challenge today, with a characteristically intricate grid-fill, making for a delightful penny-dropping solve. Working through the clues in order, as usual, when I entered the answer for … Read more >>
This was the second in a potential series by Eclogue, but the connection with the previous puzzle was tenuous to say the least. The previous Comings and Goings puzzle was the relativistic one … Read more >>
A pleasant summer morning stroll.
A tricky, slow and steady solve, and lots of fun. Lots of favourites including 12ac, 21ac, 27ac, 3dn, 7dn, 10dn, 20dn, and 22dn. Thanks to Vlad for the puzzle.
Tuesday’s setter is Hippogryph. As far as I can see from the fifteensquared search facility, this is Hippogryph’s first foray into weekday Independent setting. There is one Independent on Sunday puzzle by Hippogryph … Read more >>
As is often the case, Azed presents us with a grid having 36 entries. For this competition puzzle, there is no wordplay for 3 down. Solvers are asked to submit a clue for … Read more >>
Anto often gives me the impression of not working quite hard enough to make the whole puzzle of a Quiptic nature, and that was my feeling with this one this morning. Your experience … Read more >>
This wasn't the most difficult Monday puzzle, but that wasn't really the point. The point was to poke a bit of fun at the now departing government of Boris Johnson.
Let’s start with the grid..
As ever, great fun from Slormgorm.
It must be very annoying for a politically involved crossword setter when politics has times like this. Setting the puzzle must happen at least of a couple of weeks before it is published, … Read more >>
Everyman producing another fine to me Sunday morning crossword, not too tricky for most solvers of all levels.
A delightful Sunday puzzle from Italicus that slowly revealed its secret. The secret being that the crossword has a ghost theme of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and subsequent novels, by Douglas … Read more >>