Never knowingly undersolved
I wouldn’t call this easy, exactly, but some well-constructed clues meant that I got through it quite quickly. Some political commentary raises its head, as often with this setter, with one particularly clever … Read more >>
Independent 10,896 / Knut This week’s Tuesday puzzle has been compiled by Knut. It is Tuesday today, so we know to expect a theme and/or a Nina. This time we appear to have … Read more >>
For Her Eyes Only by Artix Initial letters of single extra words in 11 clues may be rearranged to give the author of a series of works whose eponym – omitting an … Read more >>
A swift solve with a satisfying finish.
Today’s Guardian setter is Anto.
Thank you to Carpathian. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Carpathian has achieved one-word definitions in all the across clues and in all but 3 of the down ones. Across 1. Second wine … Read more >>
Skinny starts off the Indy week for us, with a puzzle that’s unusual because … … it has a theme. I only blog the weekday Indy on a Monday, and it’s very seldom … Read more >>
SLORMGORM kicks off the week…
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28549.
Cyclops seems to have his gloomy head on this fortnight…
The puzzle is available here. Hi gang. Always love a Morph, as he can be relied upon to PLAY A BLINDER. My favourite today was 9a, TROUSER. Thanks Morph! Definitions are … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3908.
An entertaining puzzle with some convoluted wordplay. Thank you Azed.
Another Saturday, another puzzle from Serpent – what surprise is hidden for us today? The answer to that is a very long word indeed. Certainly in my school days this was regarded as … Read more >>
After another three-week absence, Paul returns to the Saturday slot – which puts him back once again in synch with my four-weekly Saturday blog. I reckon this must be my fastest-ever solve of … Read more >>