Never knowingly undersolved
Today is Phiday, so here he is with his latest puzzle, rounding off another mid-week series. I found this to be an enjoyable puzzle, about medium-difficulty for a Phi, and compiled using a … Read more >>
A solid challenge from Julius to round off the work week. Thanks Julius. Today is also CNY, so to those celebrating, Gong Xi Fa Cai !!
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28367.
A straightforward and enjoyable puzzle from Matilda. The clues are well-crafted, with smooth and witty surfaces and apt definitions. Matilda’s puzzles sometimes have a theme or a Nina but I can’t see … Read more >>
Redshank is today's FT setter.
Serpent is the setter in the Independent today and he provided a serious challenge for me. There is a theme here in that all the entries in the outer rows and columns are … Read more >>
Hello all. Many thanks to Ploy for a puzzle which for me definitely passed the acid test. The preamble reads: In the completed grid, one cell contains two letters. Across and down … Read more >>
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 30, 2021
A nice puzzle, sorry about the late blog. Thanks Aardvark.
As usual, a fun puzzle from Eccles – needing a bit of thought but providing plenty of laughs in return.
A slow solve for me…
Is this the start of Ladies’ month? (About this time last year we had consecutive puzzles from Nutmeg, Chalicea, Vismut and Skylark.) Preamble: Corrections to be made to single letter misprints in … Read more >>
We’ve got a Bluth to solve today – no complaints as far as we are concerned, especially as it is Tuesday.
I got through about half of this one very quickly, then slowed down somewhat for the rest. An enjoyable and high-quality puzzle as we’ve come to expect from Nutmeg, so thanks to her. … Read more >>
Thank you to Falcon. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9. Not living together, blokes before beginning to tenant flat (9) APARTMENT : APART(not living/being together) + MEN(blokes/chaps) plus(before) 1st letter of(beginning … Read more >>