Never knowingly undersolved
This is Azed 2498. He is moving ever closer to the impressive 2,500 mark I found this to be a fairly standard Azed, well clued as ever with an eclectic mix … Read more >>
A commenter on the blog for Genius 201 revealed that they had test-solved this puzzle, and we were in for ‘an absolute corker‘. Time will tell!
A nice mixed bag of clues. Thank you Tees. ACROSS 9 ICELANDER Just one left with Cinderella, beaten in National (9) anagram (beaten) of CINDERELLA with only one L (left) 10 AGGRO … Read more >>
An enjoyable solve from Dalibor today…but is there more than meets the eye?…
It has been SHORTS weather a lot recently – has Piccadilly been putting his(?) knobbly knees on display?!
I enjoyed this. Thanks Tramp. ACROSS 1 SPARROW Bird box has string (7) SPAR (box) with ROW (string) 5 FIGHTER Order her gift and ring worker (7) anagram (order) of HER GIFT … Read more >>
A typical BRADMAN offering this Friday, with a couple of new words that extended the solve time.
Thanks to Chifonie, for an enjoyable puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Notice society girl wearing ring (9) DISMISSAL : [S(abbrev. for “society”) + MISS(form of address for a young … Read more >>
Phi makes his regular Friday appearance As usual, Phi eases us into the weekend with a good puzzle. I don’t think there is a theme, but there is an additional … Read more >>
Goliath provides an entertaining challenge this morning.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28121. An amusing diversion from Picaroon. Very nice. ACROSS 1 TOUPEE Why one visits bathroom without posh rug (6) An envelope (‘without’) of U (‘posh’) in TO … Read more >>
Gosh that was hard. Usually with a clue, you know more or less where you stand: you just have to make an anagram of certain obvious letters, or jiggle about with the letters … Read more >>
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 19, 2020
A fab puzzle, and not an easy one. Thank you Gaff. The anniversary in the title is of Alfred Hitchcock’s death. See Stephen’s comment @4 for some pointers. ACROSS 1 SESAME Oil man … Read more >>
It’s Boatman providing the mid-week challenge on another wet morning – we’d got quite unused to those. I found this generally straightforward to solve but I need help with the parsing of 5dn. … Read more >>