Never knowingly undersolved
Thanks to Crucible. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Most of the solutions are associated with the answer to 16 across, ie. animals, plants, and other things existing in nature and not made … Read more >>
Unsurprisingly Phi provides the first Friday puzzle of February. I am defeated by the wordplay for one of the entries so look forward to being enlightened. At 12 down the entry is obviously … Read more >>
Maize sends us all over the place today with an enjoyable geographical theme.
Neo provides this morning's entertainment.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28360.
I don’t know about you, but I think WHAT’S EARNED is a little lie-down after solving this one! I’m sure Jaques must have needed one after setting it…
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 23, 2021
My attention has been drawn to a new site that may be of interest to some of you. It provides a location where amateur setters can compile and host their own crosswords.
A tricky one today, but a good one. Thank you Monk.
Imogen sets the challenge today, with his customary mix of easy and slightly tougher clues, all fair and with smooth and meaningful surfaces. I particularly liked 9, 11 and 25ac and 16dn. Thanks … Read more >>
Filbert fills the mid-week slot this week
Alchemi has provided today’s puzzle for our delectation. It is a while since I have been called upon to blog one of his puzzles. I found this quite an easy puzzle to make … Read more >>
Ground Force by Ifor All clues bar five contain either a single or two consecutive extra letters to be removed, always from a single word, and leaving a shorter word. When read in … Read more >>
Found this tough to finish, with several unfamiliar words which were mostly gettable but required some double-checking. Favourites were 8ac, 11ac, 5dn, 18dn, and 19dn. Thanks to Brummie
Joy. A new setter. And a good' un, too.