Never knowingly undersolved
The puzzle is available here. Hi all. This is my first Tees blog for a while, although half way through the year exactly half of my Indy blogs for 2021 had been … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3916.
I found this Azed harder than usual, probably because there were no 11 or 12 letter words in the grid.
It took us a while to get into this one but when we had finished, we wondered why.
It’s Paul coinciding with my monthly Saturday blogging slot again, on the day of the York S and B. I took my paper with me to read on the train, not wanting to … Read more >>
A Phiday challenge – one of his trickier ones, I thought, but you may disagree.
Things didn’t click today, and I found this quite hard going throughout, but in retrospect most of the parsing is reasonably straightforward, so maybe it’s just me. Thanks to Paul. Across 1 … Read more >>
Like most Fridays, BRADMAN serves up today's challenge
Another BLuth to BLog. Three out of our last five blogs have all been set by him.
Thank you to Vlad. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. One word and all hell’s let loose — they’ll pay for this (5,4,4) HEADS WILL ROLL : Anagram of(… let loose) … Read more >>
A feast of fun from Julius…
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 23, 2021
“In 31 clues an extra letter must be removed before solving; in clue order, they apply to one of a pair, as does a phrase in the grid. Solvers must change the phrase to describe the second member of the pair (retaining/creating real-word crossing entries, one confirmed in Collins) and highlight six other words and phrases (47 cells), which also describe the person. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended, 35d is in Collins; one answer is an abbreviation; solvers should consult the original version of the work of CONTRASTS.”
Hoskins is occupying the mid-week slot today. I found this to be a medium-to-difficult puzzle by Indy standards, one which contained a good few clues to get me started but which kept me … Read more >>
A very enjoyable puzzle. Thank you Gozo.