Never knowingly undersolved
A minor delay with the late arrival of the PDF on the Guardian website, and then this turned out to be quite a tricky puzzle, with quite a lot of unfamiliar words. As … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3876. A couple of unusual parsings and some byways of general knowledge made this perhaps more difficult than many an Everyman. ACROSS 1 PENCIL-PUSHERS Clerks, chipper unless … Read more >>
It’s a Saturday and once again we have a Serpent to blog. It was quite a challenge.
Tour de F__ce
Order has been restored. After 52 arduous legs – up mountains, into space, along rivers and across meadows – rolling along the road into the capital in the whatever-coloured jersey, is … Harribobs.
After a fun Capitals Saturday puzzle from Paul last week, an equally fun-filled (for me, at least) offering from Brendan. I don’t think any of the clues here were too difficult but, having … Read more >>
Our regular Phi-day challenge to keep our brains in practice.
Quite a tough one from Paul today, with some devious constructions that had me worried about whether I’d be able to explain everything. A couple of minor quibbles, but otherwise very enjoyable – … Read more >>
A good workout from BRADMAN this Friday. Thanks Don.
Thanks to Nutmeg for an enjoyable one. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Young Bengal tigers skirting lake? They’re used to exercise (6,5) INDIAN CLUBS : [INDIAN CUBS](possibly tiger youngsters from … Read more >>
Hob sets today’s challenge – it’s going to be interesting.
My first Moo for a while.
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 16, 2021 My first-in was 2 but that stood alone for a time as I went on to complete the top-right quadrant then the bottom-right, … Read more >>
“Two unclued entries, to be completed by solvers, are the site of a LEVEL CROSSING and an (incomplete) inscription commemorating it. Seven answers require a non-standard method of entry (numbers in brackets after clues refer to entry lengths). The missing part of the inscription is represented by modifications applied to six other answers prior to entry (three each of two types). Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended; 40 and 1 down are in Collins.”
An entertaining puzzle from Gozo. Obscure/specialist knowledge is not required today.
Eccles has provided a delightful puzzle to entertain us this Wednesday. This has been my favourite puzzle of 2021 so far in terms of entertainment value, for which my thanks go to Eccles. … Read more >>