Never knowingly undersolved
A fine crossword from Carpathian, which hits the spot for a Quiptic nicely, I think. A generous grid, some Easy Annies to get going with, no obscure words, a nice variety of devices. … Read more >>
This was mostly on the easy side, but a few required some thinking to work out the correct parsing.
A fun start to the week – favourites today were 10ac, 14ac, 3dn, 7dn, and 15dn. Thanks to Anto
A pleasant crossword from Everyman. There were several anagrams — no bad thing in a crossword that’s intended to be on the easy side, but some of the fodder was a bit tortuous and didn’t really lend itself to elegant surfaces. I often didn’t get them until I had plenty of crossers.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (for anagrams, homophones, first letters, reversals etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*. Link-words in green.
Sunday comes round again and we have Hypnos for entertainment
The puzzle is available here. Hi all. We have another very entertaining puzzle from Bluth. An unfamiliar name prevented me from finishing unaided, but that didn’t spoil my enjoyment. Obviously, I CATEGORISED … Read more >>
Picaroon had me ‘rowling’ in the aisles, with this fabulous monster of a puzzle…
Tricky to parse in places, despite a mostly quick solve. Favourites were 26ac, 7dn, 9dn, and 15dn. Thanks to Paul.
A breezy challenge from BRADMAN , with a small number of difficult clues to keep things interesting.
As usual, we have a puzzle from Phi this Friday I note the two entries in the bottom row can be read together as MIDDLE ENGLAND, defined by Chambers as … Read more >>
Filbert provides our Thursday challenge.
I made a worryingly slow start on this, but it yielded steadily, thanks to Nutmeg’s immaculate clueing, with the NW corner being the last to succumb. Many thanks to Nutmeg. Across 1 … Read more >>
Gaff is the FT’s compiler this grey morning (at least where I am).
Eclogue appeals to the Hercule Poirot/Inspector Clouseau within us, to determine a ‘stolen work’ and its creator – although happily the theft(s) led to eventual RECOVERY…
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 14, 2022