Never knowingly undersolved
Imogen fills the mid-week slot, with a generally straightforward puzzle … … apart from a couple of (for me) unknown words at 15 and 17dn, gettable from the clues. The perimeter clues were … Read more >>
Eccles hasn’t lined up with my Wednesday blog slot for a few months; glad to meet up again this week.
Ifor, and a rather asymmetrical grid. Preamble: The clue to one entry in each row and each column contains an extra word. Each is primarily associated with a single letter from a … Read more >>
A solve in two halves, with the top half going in quickly and a bit of a struggle with the rest. Favourite clues were 13ac and 15dn. Thanks to Brummie
What a delight it was solving Rodriguez’ puzzle today.
Thank you to Gurney. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Drink distributed in eastern US (9) SAUTERNES : Anagram of(distributed in) EASTERN US. Defn: A French sweet wine from the region … Read more >>
I have been known to preface my Quiptic blogs with a remark along the lines of ‘I’ll be recommending this to newer and less experienced solvers’. I won’t be doing that today. There … Read more >>
I found this quite tough and needed a couple of goes to finish.
A brief but enjoyable solve, suitable for those who like to be eased gently into their crosswording week, Thanks to Pan. Across 1 LIMBURGER Cheese and fruit mostly served with minced beef … Read more >>
Thoroughly enjoyable puzzle from LEONIDAS.
This is one of the best Everyman crosswords that I’ve blogged. The clues are apparently (with the odd exception, which is quite possibly because I’m missing something) sound, none of them are incredibly difficult, and the surfaces are often very good.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (anagram, homophone, hidden etc) in italics. Anagrams are indicated *(like this) or (like this)*.
As usual for the first Azed puzzle of the month, this is a competition puzzle with one word clued by definition only. It is a plain puzzle though. No doubt there will be … Read more >>
Another nice puzzle for a Sunday: not too easy, not too hard. Thank you Tees.
We were pleased to see that we were blogging a Serpent puzzle today.
The Grauniad seem to have quietly reinstated prizes for the Saturday puzzle…although your correspondent only noticed that fact after the deadline for this one…