Never knowingly undersolved
It’s another in the Clue Two sequence. How will eXternal follow up the Pac-Man maze? Preamble: The unclued top row gives a thematic location. An answer to one down clue per column … Read more >>
Pasquale sets the challenge today, with, I think, a reasonably gentle puzzle. There’s an interesting range of topics, with, as always, meticulous cluing and some ingenious constructions, along with often clever and witty … Read more >>
Tees fills the Tuesday slot this week.
A quick and mostly straightforward solve – my favourites were 4ac, 22ac, 1dn, 5dn, and 19dn. Thanks to Vulcan
A relatively gentle Monday puzzle which was full of well-designed and sound clues.
An enjoyable pangram.
A pleasant surprise to see Philistine as the setter when I opened the puzzle this morning. Well-established, and well-liked, as a compiler of Guardian cryptics, but I don’t recall seeing him in the … Read more >>
I filled the grid quickly by looking at the definitions, but parsing the wordplay took a lot longer! Thank you Methuselah.
I’ve blogged only four of these crosswords so far and think they’re improving. Initially there seemed to be a few rough edges, but now everything works well and I hardly make any criticisms here. People tend to point out long clues that rhyme or are in some way alliterative, but I often don’t notice these and a quick glance doesn’t show me anything in this crossword. What I do notice is that there is always so far as I can see a mention of Everyman somewhere in the clues; and I have noticed what has been mentioned, the obligatory first letters clue.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (anagrams, hidden, first letters, etc) in italics.
Qaos provides the March Genius challenge The preamble told us that the letters in 16 squares are not allowed for in the wordplay of the clues involved. Taken as a … Read more >>
Azed provides a plain puzzle this week I found this be a typical Azed puzzle with the usual meticulously clued entries. I didn’t realise that PROXIMO meant next month. Presumably … Read more >>
The puzzle is available here. Hello everyone. Today we welcome another new setter* to the Indy, Sheena, who has brought us a themed offering with a generous sprinkling of interlinked clues. *Edit … Read more >>
I found this very entertaining. Thank you Picaroon.
I really enjoyed this – especially 1ac, 12ac, 17dn, 19dn, and 24dn.
As usual, the Friday puzzle is set by Phi. There are a few culinary entries in the grid – VIAND, CAFE, GASTROPUB and CUISINE for example, but I don’t think … Read more >>