Never knowingly undersolved
Morph is occupying the Thursday slot this week, offering me the rare treat of blogging one of his puzzles. I found this to be a highly challenging puzzle, at the upper end of … Read more >>
A typical Alberich puzzle this morning…
This grid has two rather isolated corners in the NE and SW, but Philistine has helpfully provided several clues that bridge the gap. I finished the puzzle quite quickly, but there were several … Read more >>
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 29, 2021 On finding this jigsaw I wondered whether we were being treated to it because it is a bank-holiday weekend in the UK or … Read more >>
Started this one at a canter but then finished at a crawl. Thank you Monk.
A headscratcher from Puck.
I always look forward to an Eccles crossword As ever we were treated to some excellent clues with well disguised definitions and a good dollop of topicality with references to politics … Read more >>
A strangely familiar offering from Baslisk this morning…
The Ace of Hearts is an infrequent setter of Inquisitor puzzles, this being only the sixth since the first one appeared in 2016. The preamble was fairly short and clear. … Read more >>
Hypnos provides our Tuesday challenge: there are a few slightly obscure references, but clear clues make most of them guessable.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28466.
Beale provides today’s Quiptic: some easy clues to get started, and a few trickier ones for exercise.
Vulcan starts the week with a fairly typical Monday medley. We have several nifty anagrams and a number of cryptic definitions (some more so than others) and generally smooth surfaces in what I … Read more >>
HAMILTON kicks off the week…
An enjoyable puzzle from the always reliable Klingsor.