Never knowingly undersolved
A much more accessible puzzle this time. Nothing here to trouble us much. Almost a record solve with only 3 left to do after the first pass and they were scattered around so … Read more >>
Thanks Hypnos for an enjoyable puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Dismiss sandwich possibly with no end of chicken (4) SACK : “snack”(an example of which/possibly, would be a sandwich) … Read more >>
It’s been around a year now since the ‘new’ Everyman took over the slot in The Observer. I think he’s settled now into a recognisable style and is producing entertaining and accessible puzzles … Read more >>
I did not need the dictionary as much as usual this week – Azed is being kind to us. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 BRIDGE THE GAP To supply need, girl (saintly?) introduces … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here. Hello, and happy Pi Day. I found this more accessible than most Nimrod puzzles and made good early progress in the NW and SE corners. Some … Read more >>
Hi everyone. I hope you are well. Thanks to Kcit for an enjoyable puzzle which certainly had someThing about it. The preamble reads: The five five-letter across entries in order are the … Read more >>
A classic prize puzzle from Paul with some lovely surfaces. I have commented before on how inventive Paul is. Here he comes up with a fresh way of clueing PINAFORE and finds a … Read more >>
My apologies for the late posting of this blog, owing to urgent family circumstances. As is customary, Phi brings this working week to a close with his latest puzzle. Not for the first … Read more >>
A tough challenge from WANDERER today. I needed Geoff’s help to complete the blog.
A slow solve with some tricky parsing. I especially liked 13ac, 27ac, and 1dn – other favourites were 25ac, 31ac, and 21dn. Thanks to Paul.
Good entertainment from Crucible this morning, with one outrageously parochial/dated reference, and one clue I can’t fully parse at 11a. Thanks to Crucible.
Serpent provides today’s challenge I found the biggest challenge today to be how to parse some of the clues. I am still left with three I can’t parse satisfactorily. These … Read more >>
Neo steps up to the setters’ plate this morning.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 29, 2020 For Leap Day, we get a special puzzle from Gozo. It must have taken him some struggle to fit this together and have … Read more >>
A great puzzle! Not hard by Io’s standards, but that certainly doesn’t make a puzzle easy… Thank you Io. There are various references to tea and tea making in here, but I don’t … Read more >>