Never knowingly undersolved
Picaroon rounds off a good week of puzzles with an entertaining medley of ingenious constructions, witty definitions and amusing surfaces – a typical Picaroon puzzle, then. I learned new expressions at 12ac and … Read more >>
Apologies for the delay in posting this – forgot to press PUBLISH when I did this blog in the morning, and only suspected something was wrong at lunchtime.
Zamorca is this morning's setter
A fun solve…
A Tees puzzle today so there are likely to be some historical and / or classical allusions. It didn’t take long to find the first historical reference at 1 across. … Read more >>
Hello all. Xanthippe was a setter unfamiliar to me, and I looked forward to dipping my toes into new waters … The preamble reads: In seven across clues a letter must be … Read more >>
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 26, 2022
Wednesday fun from Knut, though it includes one unfortunate resonance with current news . . .
A very impressive puzzle. Thank you Gozo.
A lot of straightforward clues here, making this a very quick solve for me. Thanks to Qaos. It took me rather longer to identify the theme, which is the DISCWORLD novels of Terry … Read more >>
Botox: new? Maybe not: the Listener crossword website says “see Artix & Shark”. Preamble: Bracketed numbers indicate spaces available but three unchecked cells must initially contain more than one letter. A pair … Read more >>
Welcome to Grecian. This was a delightful debut.
Brendan provides this morning's brain teaser.
Thank you to Gurney. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Love, Nablus exotic, mysterious, unlike this puzzle, one hopes! (10) UNSOLVABLE : Anagram of(… exotic) LOVE, NABLUS. 7. Fish limit … Read more >>
Azed’s 50 years as a setter was marked with an article in last week’s Observer. The article can also be found online by clicking HERE It’s a very impressive achievement to compile 2,594 … Read more >>
A debut Quiptic puzzle from Chandler, and a fine one it was too. I can only find one Chandler puzzle in the archive, and that was a Genius back from 2019. This was … Read more >>