Never knowingly undersolved
A fun but pretty straightforward prize puzzle from Crucible. I enjoyed this one – thanks, Crucible! Across 9. Make good magazine earlier (2,3,4) AT ONE TIME ATONE = “Make good” + TIME = … Read more >>
Paul rounds off the week with a fairly straightforward puzzle, written in characteristic style. I learned a couple of new expressions today but they were easy enough to solve and parse. Thanks to … Read more >>
It’s Phiday again and we’re back from our travels – many thanks to flashing for standing in for us while we were away.
A quick start before getting quite stuck on a few clues, especially in the North-East of the grid.
Nothing – interesting title. Some thematic adjustment to answers and highlight the nothing theme and strangely no clue numbers but not a jigsaw. Therein lieth a clue. The thematic device being to remove … Read more >>
Knut has provided this Thursday’s cruciverbal challenge, compiled on a grid that accommodates four 15-letter entries and two 13-letter entries. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, my solving of which was … Read more >>
Buccaneer’s turn to try to lift our moods.
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 2, 2022
Picaroon and my blogging schedule have been coinciding a lot lately, but I have no complaints about that. This was another fine piece of work: rather more difficult to get started on than … Read more >>
Another enjoyable puzzle, with no special instructions this time. Thank you Gozo.
Eccles appears as a setter in the Independent every two weeks on a Wednesday Eccles has a reputation for excellent clues with smooth surfaces, as was the case today. I … Read more >>
Some wonderfully wicked parsing and definitions for a Tuesday.
The Inquisitor series moves into Ladies month with this puzzle from Chalicea. We had a very short preamble this week telling us that a scientist whose name must be highlighted … Read more >>
Tuesday fun from Hoskins, enjoyable as usual.
Imogen provides a stiff Tuesday challenge.