Never knowingly undersolved
Regular solvers of the Indy puzzles will know that there is a definite structure to the week: easyish Monday, themed Tuesday, Eccles (usually) on Wednesday, toughish Thursday and then Phiday. This was as … Read more >>
GOLIATH provides this morning’s fun…
What do you get if you cross Rishi Sunak with Mike Pence? A Riski Sikspence? Maybe not, but you certainly get some way to filling-in this grid. This was at about medium difficulty … Read more >>
The puzzle is available here.
“A monthly cryptic crossword relating to the month’s topical events”
FT regular Julius has produced a smashing puzzle to launch this new online-only addition to the Pink’un’s cryptic series. Solve it on paper by printing from the FT website or use the slick smartphone app.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3979.
The puzzle is available here.
A Prize puzzle with an ingenious, interesting and timely theme from Paul this week. I was later than usual getting down to this. I had a cataract operation in the morning, so I’d … Read more >>
Weekend puzzle from the FT of January 21, 2023
Our regular Phiday puzzle.
A tricky and fair puzzle, with quite a few favourites including 9ac, 10ac, 19ac, 24ac, 6dn, 8dn, and especially 16dn. Thanks to Picaroon
A brisk challenge from ZAMORCA to end this work week.
An entertaining puzzle from Fed today, with a lot of easier clues, but a few that got me thinking, and a couple of unfamiliar terms. Thanks to Fed. Across 9 LAPLANDER Northerner‘s … Read more >>
Wiglaf brings us the Thursday challenge this week ……..
Across clues have an extra letter to spell out a name and a decoration. Seven down clues have a redundant word described by two words in a book title in the middle of … Read more >>