Never knowingly undersolved
The penultimate Saturday in November and another tussle with Serpent. This one seemed to take me longer than it should have, which is never a bad thing. Some excellent mis-directions are my excuse … Read more >>
There’s a royal reference in every clue except two, where the answers are thematic.
Phi is occupying his usual end-of-week slot today. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, one through which I made steady progress. In the end, I needed to cheat to get 7, … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28607.
A relatively easy end to the workweek with this offering from NEO.
It’s always a pleasure to see Crucible’s name on a puzzle and this one didn’t disappoint. There seems to be a mini-theme of numbers running through the clues, with the central 16ac giving … Read more >>
Artexlen is today's challenger.
Klingsor tests us today. Klingsor usually includes at least one musical reference in the grid, with SONATA (6 down) being the example today. CHINE at 17 across looks like an … Read more >>
Hello everybody. Thanks to Brock for a great value puzzle. The preamble reads: Solvers are invited to make use of a SPECIAL OFFER. It is valid for wordplay only and is strictly … Read more >>
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 6, 2021
Knut provides our Wednesday entertainment today.
Another nice puzzle form Aardvark. Not difficult overall, but there were a couple of clues held me up for quite a while. Thank you Aardvark.
Lots of tricky fun – many likes including 1ac, 9ac, 12ac, 14ac, 18ac, 24ac, 2dn, 3dn, 7dn… thanks to Picaroon for the puzzle
Kruger’s 50th Inquisitor puzzle. Preamble: Seventeen clues contain an extra word that must be removed before solving. In clue order, the first or fourth letters of each extra word followed by the … Read more >>
Tees teases us today