Never knowingly undersolved
As the coolness of May comes to an end and flaming June is on the horizon, Wiglaf supplies the intellectual challenge today. I found this a reasonably gentle workout – a nice amount … Read more >>
A themed puzzle from Paul today which took me a little while to get into. On reading the clue for 7ac, I immediately jumped to 20/23dn which sent me to 14dn which returned … Read more >>
A brilliant challenge from WANDERER today, who is guilty of spoiling us by dishing out absolute treats every time he makes an appearance.
Phi provides the usual Friday challenge. I can’t see a theme or any link between any of the entries, all of which are words or phrases in common usage. The … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28457.
An entertaining, enjoyable and fairly straightforward puzzle from Brummie this morning. A good variety of clue types, with some clever anagrams and several double definitions (an observation, not a criticism). I can’t decide … Read more >>
Thursday fun from Knut, who seems to be thinking of home today.
Redshank provides the FT challenge this morning.
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 15, 2021
Chalicea presents us with a poetic theme in DIFFERENCE. Poetry has never really been my thing, but I’ve now had two in a row, after EV 1483 – and this one is bound to be equally educational for me!…
Very nice puzzle – traditional in style yet fresh in execution. Thank you Artexlen.
We always look forward to a mid-week Eccles – and this was up there with the best.
Always a pleasure to solve a puzzle by Nutmeg – favourites today were 12ac, 27ac, 1dn, 2dn, and 8dn. Thanks to Nutmeg.
Radian has set this week’s Tuesday puzzle. Is there some kind of theme in here, I wonder? I am afraid that I cannot see any theme hidden amongst either the entries or the … Read more >>
An Alternative Guide to Wonderland by Phi Most clues define the answer that is entered but have wordplay that ignores up to four letters of that answer. The cells containing these ignored … Read more >>