Never knowingly undersolved
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 >>
This was quite enjoyable and generally at the easier end of the spectrum.
A steady solve.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28698.
I enjoyed this, thanks Italicus.
I find it hard to believe that Everyman is just one person, unless there are days when they’re badly off form. This crossword was so much better than the one I blogged last month: no clues are seriously unsound and the surfaces, although not in every case really up to a lot, are generally pretty good. And Everyman makes things quite demanding for him/herself: there are the long onomatopoeic (yes, alliterative, as several pointed out; wrong word) answers (potato peelers, penalty points, private property), the first letters homophone clue (1dn), the self-reference (20ac), and maybe others that I’ve missed, and they all fit in without strain.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (anagram, homophone, hidden, juxtaposition etc.) in italics. Link-words in green. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*.
Although the instructions seemed clear, it took me a while to realise that the “thematic word” to be paired with the undefined answers was not the same every time. I think it was … Read more >>
10 days preceding the ides of March and we have a puzzle from a friendly Serpent. A puzzle from Serpent is always a pleasure, both the quality of the clues the likelihood of … Read more >>
I think we have a rare beast here – the lesser-spotted ‘vanilla’ puzzle from Paul…
Today’s challenge is set by Phi Phi often has a theme running through his puzzles. There is a slight hint of Charles Dickens in the grid, but I may be … Read more >>
A fun puzzle from LEONIDAS this Friday
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28696.
It’s Paul back today, less than a week after his Saturday Prize puzzle. I must admit to feeling not only exasperated at having to dot all over the grid, chasing Paul’s characteristic linked … Read more >>
Monk provides our daily mental workout this Thursday.