Never knowingly undersolved
It’s May and Kcit (aka Phi) provides the EV entertainment. A blank bottom row, an unclued middle row comprising 4 components and an unclued bottom row – making new words in the grid. … Read more >>
Julius's turn to provide an FT challenge.
My first challenge was to find the puzzle, which wasn’t available on the Guardian website. Luckily I managed to track down the PDF version. I made a slow start initially, but getting the … Read more >>
Knut has provided our cruciverbal challenge for today, using a grid that I am not that familiar with. I found this to be towards the hard end of the Indy range of difficulty, … Read more >>
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 30, 2022
I enjoyed this very much. An unusual puzzle in which, as the instructions say, every single grid entry is a theme word. Thank you Gozo.
A slow and tricky solve. Favourites were 8ac, 9/3, 4dn, 6dn, and 19dn. Thanks to Paul
Wednesday’s Independent puzzle is set by Filbert, a setter I usually find quite challenging. Wednesday puzzles tend to be message or theme free and I think this one is similar. … Read more >>
Ifor is a fairly prolific setter of Inquisitor with one of his puzzles appearing every two or three months. Ifor has served up a wide range of themes and cluing … Read more >>
Another stylish puzzle from Nutmeg. There are several straightforward charades and some neat anagrams to help with the solve, with some rather chewier parsings to keep the interest. Lovely surfaces throughout, … Read more >>
Medium easy, maximum fun.
An enjoyable Tuesday challenge from Atrica.
Wrong Number is one of the classic specials, dating back at least to Ximemes. You can see the Slip for an early (1968) example here. The last Azed example was as long ago … Read more >>
John Young – RIP John H writes: With a very heavy heart, I must pass on to crossword friends the sad news of the death of the compiler John Young. Financial Times solvers … Read more >>
Chandler provides another good Quiptic, though with the occasional trickier moment.