Never knowingly undersolved
A little easier than Paul puzzles have been of late, I thought, but still with plenty of tricky clues, and some nicely-concealed definitions. Thanks to Paul. Across 4,23 ROTTEN APPLES Weasels ten … Read more >>
Rodriguez occupies the Friday slot instead of Phi, so there is a fair chance that there is something going on in the puzzle apart from just clues and entries. Today, … Read more >>
A no-show today by the scheduled blogger so here is an analysis of the clues. Across 1 Stoppage time with Italian team getting goal (12) INTERMISSION – INTER (Italian team) MISSION (goal) 9 … Read more >>
An enjoyable challenge from Serpent.
Play along with this themed offering from Chalmie.
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 10, 2021
Skylark seems to be transporting us to the African continent this week, unless the title is a deliberately cryptic mislead?…
Another excellent puzzle from the ever reliable Monk. Thank you.
Eccles fills the mid-week slot again this week.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28503.
Unusually, Phi is occupying the Tuesday slot this week, which probably means that there is a theme in here somewhere. This grid accommodates an unusually high number of 4-letter lights, meaning that the … Read more >>
Passing Thought by Nutmeg Each across clue has a single-letter misprint in its definition. Correct letters in clue order form a sequence, stripped of its first and last elements, connected with a celebrated … Read more >>
Reasonably testing Tuesday puzzle with some innovative parses.
A fairly straightforward puzzle from Qaos, with some nice clues, such as 16, 25 and 29ac and 2, 3 and 24dn and one new word for me at 25dn. There must be a … Read more >>
There was lots of lovely clues in this but I did find one or two of the definitions a bit of a stretch.