Never knowingly undersolved
Phi is occupying his usually Friday slot this week. This was towards the easier end of the Phi spectrum for me, and I made steady progress throughout. The entries with which I wasn’t … Read more >>
Picaroon never disappoints, and here’s another great example of his work. There are several well-concealed definitions, which I particularly liked. Thanks to Picaroon (whose alter ego Buccaneer is today’s FT setter). Across … Read more >>
Methuselah is a setter who first appeared in the Independent puzzle series in Spring 2021 with several puzzles following at monthly to six week intervals since then. This was a … Read more >>
Buccaneer gets a rare midweek outing today.
Hi all (if anyone is left).
Wire provides our Wednesday challenge this week.
Monk is a notoriously tough setter, and no exception to that this morning.
Brummie's on song this morning.
A typically brief preamble from Chalicea. Preamble: 36 form 10 35, which accumulate to create primitive structures. Single extra letters produced by the wordplay in each clue give, in clue order, an … Read more >>
Thank you to Zamorca. Definitions are underlined in the clues. It’s a pangram. Across 1. Murder is detective’s province (8) DISPATCH : DI(abbrev. for “detective inspector”)‘S + PATCH(province/an area of one’s interest or … Read more >>
Hoskins pops up again today – we’re in for a treat.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28915.
The first Azed puzzle of the month is usually a competition puzzle. Sometimes it is also presented in a non-standard format. Today we have what many consider to be the most difficult variation … Read more >>
With a Quiptic from Pasquale, you always know that the setter will have constructed the puzzle with the less experienced solver in mind. He has given us this morning a generous grid, concision … Read more >>