Never knowingly undersolved
The puzzle is available here. Hi everybody. Another week, another Tees, and I’m not complaining! This is the IoS, so as expected I found it rather gentler than last Saturday’s, but no … Read more >>
I found this trickier than usual for some reason. Hard to say if that is the puzzle or I was just having an off day. Thank you Azed.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3896.
Maize fills the Saturday slot this week.
A worthy Saturday challenge from Vlad, which I enjoyed from beginning to end. I got off to a flying start with the witty anagram at 1ac, which made me smile and gave half … Read more >>
A fun challenge from WANDERER this Friday.
Tramp is one of my favourite setters and so, as stand-in blogger today, I feel lucky that this puzzle fell to me to blog. There is a pervasive theme, inspired by the recent … Read more >>
Phi’s regular Friday challenge. He’s given us quite a few of these over the years, hasn’t he?
Thank you to Pasquale. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. East Anglian town that’s ‘stumped’ (stumped in time of prosperity) (6) BOSTON : ST(abbrev. for “stumped” by the wicket-keeper, in cricket … Read more >>
Another Serpent for us to solve and blog. Our last one was back in April.
Buccaneer continues to impress.
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 5, 2021
The preamble
“Answers to the four asterisked clues are to be encoded using a Playfair code-square before entry in the grid. The three unclued entries have been encoded using the same code-square, as has BORICAHF. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended. ”
A puzzle that requires some knowledge of the theme to complete. I could confidently write in maybe half the themed answers but the rest involved much guessing and checking.
Gila latest puzzle provides this Wednesday’s cruciverbal challenge. I found this to be an entertaining, medium-difficulty puzzle, which was pitched at exactly the right level for the middle of the week. I solved … Read more >>