Never knowingly undersolved
Skinny is a setter who doesn’t appear very often in the Independent series. The most recent Skinny puzzle was published last November. Wednesday is usually a theme- and message-free day, … Read more >>
My second Bobcat and he's lost none of his feline cunning.
Serpent continues his Mirror Image sequence in this week’s puzzle. The first two Mirror Image puzzles were based on paintings by Salvador Dali (Swans reflecting Elephants) and Barnett Newman (Onement … Read more >>
Slightly tricky from Wiglaf today, I thought – a few rather obscure definitions. But maybe that’s just me.
An enjoyable solve with some tricky bits of parsing. Favourites were 10ac, 13ac, 26ac, 3dn, and 9dn. Thanks to Matilda for the puzzle
A well-designed Quiptic: the usual tricks for beginners to learn, and nothing too obscure.
Lots of helpful anagrams and other straightforward constructions here (and not a single cryptic definition), making a puzzle that would be good for “beginners and those in a hurry”, to borrow the Quiptic’s … Read more >>
It’s been a while since we had a Falcon puzzle on a Monday. Very enjoyable. Thanks to Falcon!
Shabbo made his Indy debut on 1 June 2020 and has contributed since to both the daily and Sunday versions. This was very much in line with the previous offerings: tightly clued, one … Read more >>
Happy New Year. A relative gentle start to 2022 for Eye solvers compared to that Christmas monster for which great thanks to mc_rapper67 for the stupendous blog. Top half and many others solved … Read more >>
Another solid and tractable puzzle from Everyman to accompany my Sunday morning coffee. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed … Read more >>
Thank you to Tees. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Hit hard — huge anticlimax (6) BATHOS : BAT(to hit, with, well, a bat) + H(abbrev. for “hard”) + OS(abbrev. for … Read more >>
A plain offering this week, and not overly difficult. Thank you Azed.
A Serpent puzzle to tie us up in knots this Saturday.
The first of Paul’s prize puzzles for 2022.