Never knowingly undersolved
Pasquale sets the mid-week challenge, with a good variety of clue types and only one (for me) unfamiliar word at 1dn. I found this rather gentler than Pasquale can be, although I need … Read more >>
A themed puzzle from Gozo this week. A little specialist knowledge is required, but by no means experts only. Thank you Gozo.
Kruger is one of our regular setters. Hard but fair is his normal offering, so I look forward to this one. Clues are given in alphabetical order of their answers which must be … Read more >>
Filbert has set Tuesday’s puzzle. The Independent puzzle on a Tuesday usually has a theme. Today the theme is focused on Russia and events (real and fictional) that took place … Read more >>
Really enjoyed this – plenty of smiles along the way, and some penny drop moments of parsing at the end. Favourites were 20ac, 25ac, 2dn, 7dn/8dn, 16dn, 22dn, and 23dn/5ac. Thanks to Philistine
Hard graft for a Tuesday, I thought.
Another delightful puzzle from Hectence, who is one of the original group of setters of the Quiptic (she perhaps won’t thank me for reminding her that when her first Quiptic appeared, IT geeks … Read more >>
Overall a pleasant Monday crossword with a good range of clues in terms of style and difficulty.
An entertaining puzzle with lots of clever use of cultural references.
Definitely not your usual easy-Monday fare from Anto today.
A flawless puzzle from Hoskins this week. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions are underlined Across 1 Beers … Read more >>
Azed gives us a plain puzzle this week with an introductory note that Chambers does not give explicitly the adjectival form at 30 across. This puzzle raises a question that … Read more >>
Let’s have some fun with a Monk today.
A puzzle full of poets from Paul this week – very enjoyable, and a pretty good difficulty level for a prize puzzle, I thought. Many thanks, Paul! Across 1. Poet feeding rats to … Read more >>