Never knowingly undersolved
Super challenge from Basilisk. Took me longer than usual to get through this puzzle – a good thing in my book! I had to seek assistance on 15d which had me stumped but … Read more >>
As always, a sound and pleasing Quiptic from Pan. I have given full explanations for those still a little mystified by cryptic conventions, but if there is anything that isn’t clear, you only … Read more >>
Another very witty puzzle from Bluth, who first appeared as an Independent setter a few months ago and seems to have settled in as a regular contributor. The clues range from fairly easy … Read more >>
The commenters on the Guardian website seem to like this one, so who am I to argue? I’ll be frank. This was not my type of puzzle, but one man’s meat is another … Read more >>
It had to happen sometime – I have finally solved one of these in one pass. It took about half hour – I was making notes for the blog as I went so … Read more >>
The Observer crossword from July 5, 2020 A nice crossword, perhaps a bit chewier than usual for an Everyman? Of course, we had another Primarily clue (one that was quite amusing). Plus a … Read more >>
Tees has become a regular IoS setter recently. I found this more tricky than many a Tees puzzle, but that could just have been me being a bit mentally sluggish this morning. … Read more >>
A misprint puzzle from Azed that I have completed, but not fully parsed. I solved this puzzle over four sittings, and have had to give up on the parsing of one answer (1ac) … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle from Dalibor today, with a few ‘might-have-been-topical’ clues?…(if it hadn’t have been for those pesky Covids…)…and some suspicious looking ‘unches’ around the perimeter…
Quite a cryptic preamble this week – clues are normal and then a number of extracts to be found – works by the unclued entry. This entry is then to be changed to … Read more >>
A fun puzzle with a subtle theme of misdirections. I probably wouldn’t have noticed the theme here, except that I managed to join the first 20 minutes of John Halpern’s zoom call last … Read more >>
A nice challenge. Thank you to Picaroon. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Act weakly to have debts seized by creditor (5) COWER : OWE(to have debts outstanding) contained in(seized by) … Read more >>
It’s the end of another week and once again it’s Phi-Day. It’s always a pleasure to blog a Phi puzzle as even when you think you have finished you are still looking for … Read more >>
An excellent workout from WANDERER that I was only able to crack with dogged determination. Thanks to Setter (!!) D stands for DOG throughout the crossword FF: 10 DD: 9 ACROSS 1 BRAVADO … Read more >>
Knut has set today’s cruciverbal challenge. It is some time since it last fell to me to blog one of his puzzles. One is tempted to think that there may have been a … Read more >>