Never knowingly undersolved
Another thoughtfully constructed and pleasing puzzle from Tees, with some delightfully succinct surface readings and more cryptic definitions than usual. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as … Read more >>
The Observer crossword from 27 Sept, 2020 A generally typical Everyman puzzle for which, however, I needed a (short) second sitting to finish the SE corner. It looks like Everyman said goodbye to … Read more >>
I finished the puzzle, but there are a few unparsed. Cards on the table – I printed the puzzle off last Sunday and left it sitting beside the printer until Saturday evening, thus … Read more >>
Pasquale has set the September Genius There was a fairly short preamble that told us: Wordplay in nine of the across clues and all the down clues omits one or … Read more >>
Well I expect this kept you all amused for 10 minutes or so … … plus many hours of hair pulling madness. I daren’t add up how long this has taken me. This … Read more >>
Update (rather lengthy, sorry!)
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An entertaining and largely straightforward puzzle from Picaroom – lots of very nice clues to enjoy Eileen mentioned that we have a little boy now, 2 months old today, and I thought you … Read more >>
A good challenge from Neo this Friday, thanks to whom for dishing a pleasurable workout. FF: 9 DD: 8 ACROSS 1 DIVE-BOMB Attack in disreputable club to fail (4-4) DIVE ( disreputable club … Read more >>
Vlad rounds off a good week of puzzles with a reasonably tough challenge. The four long perimeter clues helped, as usual, but there were some rather tricky bits of parsing and one I’m … Read more >>
It’s Phiday again Another enjoyable Friday offering from Phi. We always expect that there is something going on in Phi puzzles, but although it looks as though there is a Nina of a … Read more >>
A puzzle by Serpent is always a treat, and today’s offering is no exception to that. This puzzle was a bundle of fun from start to finish. I found it less taxing than … Read more >>
The 3rd of September’s easier clued EV’s is from Piccadilly. All clues are normal, but grid entry requires letter removal and insertion in the perimeter to spell out four-letter words which combine to … Read more >>
Tramp’s usual tricky excellence with some very neat surfaces including 14ac. I particularly liked 6ac, 10ac, 11ac, 20a, 26ac, 6dn, 7dn, 22dn, and especially 4dn. Many thanks to Tramp for the puzzle. … Read more >>
A pleasant puzzle from Falcon in this morning's FT This was a lovely puzzle to solve; not very difficult but with enough of a challenge to keep one entertained. There was no tough … Read more >>
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 19, 2020 A fine brew of easy, clever and difficult clues. I sailed through most of it then took a while to get 17 and … Read more >>