Never knowingly undersolved
Matilda is familiar as a setter of Quiptics, but I think this is her first appearance in the cryptic spot. This was an enjoyable but brief diversion as another long day of confinement … Read more >>
Silvanus provides today’s brain exercise for frustrated social distancers. A good mixture of the straightforward, the tricky-but-fair, and the slightly sneaky. And it’s a pangram too (includes every letter of the alphabet). Plenty … Read more >>
Thanks to Hectence for this nice Quiptic. Definitions are underlined in the clues. It’s a “pangram”: A to Y plus OMEGA, the last in a series, or Z in this case. Across 1 … Read more >>
A bit tougher than the normal Monday.
A gentle start to the week from FALCON… Plenty of great clues here, nothing too taxing, and a pangram thrown in to the bargain! Thanks FALCON! ACROSS 1 Notice temperature after only males … Read more >>
After a week of lockdown, and seemingly no respite in sight, it is reassuring to be able to dip into crosswords, or any other diversionary activity, to get one’s mind off things…that is … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here. Hello everyone. Before I head to the crossword, I would like to express my gratitude to those too busy to read this, those busy working to … Read more >>
A plain puzzle with a slight Australian flavour this week.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3832. Welcome to the forum where social distancing has always been acceptable. Here we have Everyman’s trademarks of paired answers – in this case just UP is … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle from Wiglaf today…
Paul turns up in the Saturday Prize slot, once again coinciding with my monthly blog. On the whole, this was straightforward enough but three clues [9 and 20 ac and 21dn] took as … Read more >>
“The seven unclued entries are the names of an eponymous character whose nickname (55) should be written below the grid. With one exception, all clues contain a superfluous word which should be removed before solving; the initial letters of these words give the character’s location. The normal clue’s number gives the age of the character. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
Thanks to Picaroon for the enjoyable challenge. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Complaint one twit receives over a bit of a pint (5,5) FLUID OUNCE : FLU(short for “influenza”/an illness/a … Read more >>
A familiar Friday setter. Thanks BRADMAN, for a gentle workout that took just a tad longer than it should have due to a couple of uncommon words thrown in.
The usual enjoyable and good Friday Phi offering. Definitions underlined, in sienna. Anagram indicators in italics. The theme is … (for you to complete). ACROSS 1 CARPET Caught at rack initially taking favourite … Read more >>