Never knowingly undersolved
Another Tees ‘n’ Pierre show for your Sunday delectation and delight (well, the Tees bit, anyway …) Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* … Read more >>
The instruction “the wordplay in each clue leads to a solution where two letters require an elementary substitution before entry in the grid” may have been intended as cryptic , but I guessed … Read more >>
A plain puzzle from Azed this week The grid contains the usual collection of less common words clued very precisely. I liked the linked clues at 29 and 31 down … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here. Hello everybody, and happy weekend. When I see that Tyrus is the setter, I know we are in for a real challenge, so I was pleased … Read more >>
Maskarade’s traditional Bank Holiday weekend giant puzzle – but one of the less complicated versions. The preamble says: The wordplay of 29 clues lack a theme word to reach the required solution. These … Read more >>
A mostly straightforward challenge from NEO today, a quick solve thwarted only by a couple of uncommon words. Thanks NEO. FF: 7 DD: 6 ACROSS 1 FINISHING SCHOOL Eating up some fish, females … Read more >>
A very enjoyable puzzle today – my favourites were 11ac, 17ac, 26ac, 21dn, and 22dn. Lots of thanks to Shed ACROSS 8 ZUCCHINI South African (half-cut) visits Sark etc, receiving cheers (also half-cut) … Read more >>
It’s Phi-day again! We worked our way through this puzzle fairly steadily, although we were held up briefly by entering DREAD for 18ac before realising, when we couldn’t figure out 14d, that we’d … Read more >>
The initial grid is suffering from a lack of Education. Sounds familiar when I watch politicians on the news trying to understand simple maths and science. Several answers were too short for the … Read more >>
A fine Artexlen puzzle. Short of time this morning, so can't really do this justice at the moment, but this was a fantastic puzzle, keeping up the standard that has been shown across … Read more >>
Dalibor is occupying this week’s Thursday slot. Dalibor is a setter whose work I have rarely blogged. I found this puzzle to be a challenging and entertaining medium-to-difficult solve. I think that I … Read more >>
It’s a Brummie, so…
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 22, 2020 I solved this puzzle very quickly and easily while noting that a substantial number of clues were strangely familiar. It was only after … Read more >>
Another enjoyable themed puzzle from Gozo, but not one requiring specialist knowledge. Thank you Gozo. The theme is names – B stands for Boy and G stands for Girl ACROSS 1 GRAHAM B … Read more >>
Puck at his mischievous best. After a first run through, I had two solutions across and two of the long down solutions, so I thought I was in for a hard slog, but … Read more >>