Never knowingly undersolved
Imogen sets the challenge today, with his customary mix of easy and slightly tougher clues, all fair and with mostly smooth and meaningful surfaces. My favourites were 14, 16, 24, 25 and 26ac … Read more >>
The two most recent Serpent puzzles had geological themes. What do we have this week? I can’t see any theme, but I do see that the initial letters … Read more >>
Today's FT puzzle is provided by Leonidas.
Hi everyone, and thanks to Charybdis for a good challenge which I much enjoyed. The preamble reads: Set A clues are arranged in alphabetical order of answers, not all of which enter … Read more >>
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 19, 2021
A tough and slow solve, needing a second session to finish and blog. Favourites were 13ac, 17ac, 4dn, and 5dn. Thanks to Paul for the challenge.
A fun puzzle from Gozo, easier than usual and requiring no specialist knowledge. Thank you Gozo.
Tees on a Wednesday – always a fun challenge.
A message from Tom Johnson (Doc, Gozo, Maskarade):
This week sees the 50th anniversary of the Spectator crossword.
Eclogue averages about three Inquisitor puzzles a year of late. Preamble: When read in clue order, the last letters of extraneous words in every clue provide a partial definition and visual context … Read more >>
It’s Radian again on a Tuesday.
Perhaps not as fearsome as Vlad can be, but no walkover, with the SW corner causing me the most trouble. No theme or Nina that I can see, but I could be missing … Read more >>
Thank you to Gurney. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Praise fruit Australia’s imported (8) APPLAUSE : APPLE(a fruit – that keeps the doctor away) containing(…’s imported) AUS(abbrev. for “Australia”). 5. … Read more >>
I've not come across this compiler before but, if it's a debut, it's an excellent one.
Jason certainly kept me on my toes with this puzzle this morning.