Never knowingly undersolved
Hypnos provides the Tuesday challenge this week Tuesday is usually theme day in the Independent, so it is no surprise to find a very topical theme today. The theme is … Read more >>
Another set of interesting and obscure words to figure out and look up. Thank you Azed.
A very fun start to the week – I really liked 27ac, and other favourites were 14ac, 4dn, 7dn, 11dn, and 20dn. Thanks to Vulcan for the puzzle.
Always a pleasure when I click open the Quiptic and see that Carpathian is the setter. Another delightful and accessible puzzle for beginners from her this morning. There are two little points of … Read more >>
Moo delivers a spot on Monday puzzle. Plenty to like but some favourites include 1a, 5a, 9a and 18a. Many thanks to Moo.
Super puzzle from Gila this morning, demonstrating again what a strong bunch of setters this paper has to call on. What struck me here was the quality of the surface readings: pretty much … Read more >>
Our fellow blogger Sil has been a bit unwell recently hence his missing a couple of blogs, so during his convalescence I’m going to be standing in for him.
Get well soon Sil and we’ll share a glass or two of vino sometime.
A pleasant stroll with Filbert this morning, which I enjoyed solving and blogging. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) … Read more >>
The puzzle is available here. Hello everyone. Klingsor puzzles can be counted on to be completely sound as well as entertaining, so I am happy with my blogging lot today. It wasn’t … Read more >>
I haven’t blogged about a Paul in a little while, so this was a nice treat! Particularly notable for me was the number of very nice double definitions here. Thanks, Paul! Across 5. … Read more >>
A fun puzzle – found it slow going at the start until I worked out a few of the longer solutions. Favourites were 1ac, 21ac, and 15dn. Thanks to Maskarade
Bert & Joyce are off on their holiday so I’m standing in today in my 300th blog . This seems like a plain Phi puzzle.
BRADMAN , our familiar friend on Fridays dishes a gentle tussle of a challenge .
Today’s puzzle has been provided by Bluth. We have been treated to his puzzles on a regular basis during and since the pandemic. I found this puzzle to be rather taxing, and although … Read more >>
One of the most complex preambles I can recall reading. Across clues have no numbers and are missing a letter in their wordplay. The missing letters spell out where one might find pine … Read more >>