Never knowingly undersolved
Another Monday, another Bank Holiday, another Vulcan puzzle. This was almost a write-in for me, with only the unknown name of a plant briefly holding me up. Thanks to Vulcan. Across 1 … Read more >>
Quick stand-in blog sorry for any errors or omissions
For much of this crossword I was thinking how pleasant it was, but towards the end some of the clues seemed to become rather tortuous. Who knows if I’ve actually got it right — I may be barking up the wrong tree — but there were some clues that I’m a bit doubtful about. Which will encourage the poster a few months ago to mention my crabbiness. Sorry — I’m hard to please!
Definitions underlined in crimson. Indicators (homophone, hiddem, anagram etc.) in italics. Link-words in green. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*.
Soup has been a fairly prolific setter of Genius puzzles recently – with at least seven between 2016 and 2021, but this is his first for over a year, and my first of his to blog…
Serpent presents today’s challenge.
A Bank Holiday special from Maskarade, as is the norm these days. Having read the preamble, my first task was to compare the given enumerations with the grid entry lengths to determine which … Read more >>
I was a bit slow off the mark with this week’s offering from Brendan…
An excellent challenge from NEO this Friday.
As is the case most Fridays, Phi is the setter of the Independent puzzle Phi often has a theme within the entries, but I can’t see one today. I liked … Read more >>
I found this quite easy for a Friday, with some rather obvious clues. A pleasant diversion, though: thanks to Brummie. We have a theme of various cakes and puddings: I can see APPLE-PIE, … Read more >>
Thank you to Nutmeg. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Cooked last of three dishes perhaps lacking third of meat? (9,4) SHEPHERDS PIES : Anagram of(Cooked) [last letter of(last of) “three” … Read more >>
Our Thursday challenge comes from Rodriguez with a wide range of subject matter.
Basilisk provides this morning's FT entertainment
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 17. 2022 Postscript added on April 27: In case some readers have missed it, I want to let you know the very sad news came … Read more >>
An Eng. Lit. test this week (not my strongest subject at skool), with Chalicea asking us to find two PAINFUL POEMS…probably not limericks then?…