Never knowingly undersolved
The puzzle is available here. Hi everyone. A chewier-than-normal Sunday, I thought. There were a few unknowns for me, but nothing I couldn’t deduce from the clues and crossing letters. My main … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3944.
The blogging calendar works its wonders. The stars are aligned! The gods have given me a Serpent to blog same as last time I was on Saturday Indy duty. This is great because … Read more >>
It’s quite unusual to find Imogen in the Prize slot. I had to go back three and a half years in the archive to find his most recent offering ( and I see … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations I’ve been seeing rumours that The Telegraph has decided to discontinue the EV from end of July. I say rumours because I’ve had no official word from anyone. I’ve tried emailing … Read more >>
So after Mitz’s musings @44 on yesterday’s blog, it turns out that it’s Paul who ends the week and we don’t have a new record of more than sixteen different setters on the … Read more >>
Phi is in his usual Friday role this week.
A good workout from NEO today peppered with delightful clues.
“Alternate down clues have an extra word, to be removed before solving, taken from a prayer which is always said before the start of an annual TOUR, which can have different high spots; their position in the clue indexes which letter to use from that word. In clue order, these letters have undergone some ups and downs and must be restored to the correct order to give the title of this prayer which indicates what runs around the perimeter of the grid in a clockwise direction and completes four unclued entries. Finally, one thematic destination must be changed to a general location. Unchecked letters of thematic entries give A DARK HILL HUMOUR SHOWS A BIT and all words before or after any changes are proper nouns or can be found in Chambers Dictionary (2016).”
A fun challenge – I especially liked 16ac, 8dn, and 17dn. Thanks to Tramp.
Tramp has posted a correction to one of the clues in the Guardian comments section – see link below for the intended clue without spoilers (other than highlighting the corrected element as relevant to the clue):
https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28761#comment-156530134
Well that was fun. Thanks Vigo.
Zamorca is today's FT setter.
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 7, 2022
Eccles is occupying this week’s Wednesday slot. I found this to be an enjoyable, medium-difficulty puzzle, perfect for a working day. I made steady progress from start to finish, halting in the NE … Read more >>
Another nice puzzle in a traditional style. Thank you Jason.