Never knowingly undersolved
I think we’re more used to seeing Anto on Monday, in either the Cryptic or the Quiptic slot. I’ve never been one of Anto’s greatest fans but, apart from the characteristic looseness in … Read more >>
One of Hippogryph’s bi-monthly appearances fills the first Wednesday slot of 2023 – Happy New Year!
I always enjoy Aardvark’s puzzles.
Filbert’s latest puzzle is the subject of my first blog of 2023, delayed because I have been travelling (or rather attempting to travel!) I feel that I have solved and parsed all the … Read more >>
Retrospective by Ploy In six clues, a word has been acted on by either of two straight-line occurrences of a word which will appear in the grid. The action must be undone before … Read more >>
A very fun solve, with several tricky parsings to work out at the end. Favourites 1ac, 12ac, 15ac, and 17dn. Thanks to Nutmeg for the puzzle.
Quite the workout from Chalmie for Yours Truly today . . .
Thank you to Kite. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Journo to broadcast on cultism (9) COLUMNIST : Anagram of(to broadcast) ON CULTISM. Defn: …/journalist. 6. Celebrity of revolutionary traitors (4) … Read more >>
I blogged Laccaria’s only previous offering which was Peanuts themed with a cracking anagram
A nice straightforward set of clues to ease us into 2023. Thanks to Vulcan. (I’m going to be out all day so will be unable to respond to comments or correct errors till … Read more >>
Here we are again with the big one. The Xmas special The one that takes a very long time to finish because there are so many clues. This crossword has a preamble: Running … Read more >>
ZAMORCA kicks off the first Monday of 2023…
Hello and Happy New Year to you all. I hope it proves to be a peaceful, healthy and fulfilling one.
We ring in the new year at the Independent with Raich … but which year? For several of the across clues, we are in 1963.
I enjoyed solving the puzzle and discovering the theme, my highlight being “King’s Speech”. Thanks Raich!
Puzzles 1785 – 1836
This is Jack’s fourth Genius puzzle and the 2nd that we have had the pleasure of blogging. We are more familiar with his Indy persona as Serpent and we always enjoy his puzzles – so this should be good!