Never knowingly undersolved
I hope all 15² bloggers and commenters are looking after yourselves and others in these worrying times. To take our mind off things a bit, there was this lovely puzzle from Picaroon – … Read more >>
Not too difficult for a Friday, but very entertaining.
In these very strange, surreal times it is reassuring to find Phi appearing on Phiday. No real problems today although the Biblical character in 19D was solved by the wordplay before we realised … Read more >>
A fun workout from Alberich this Friday AM.
I am late again this week, for which I apologise – we are living in unprecedented times and I have had a number of practical, real-life problems to sort out today. With everything … Read more >>
Thanks to Boatman for a could-hardly-be-missed theme crossword. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 7 Does run-out cause a lot of noise? (7) RESOUND : Anagram of(…-out) DOES RUN. 8 Facing the … Read more >>
Peto gets the grey cells working this morning.
Prize crossword from the Weekend FT of March 7, 2020
A themed puzzle, quite taxing to finish. Thank you Gozo. The theme is rivers. I made life hard for myself by misunderstanding the instructions. I was looking for 3 down clues that were … Read more >>
I always look forward to blogging an Eccles puzzles Eccles clues have excellent surfaces, none more so today than the splendid 10 Downing Street, Angela Leadsom clue for PISTOLS at 18 … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28084. Forgive me if this sounds like damning with faint praise, but after yesterday’s Puck, what would not be anticlimactic? My real gripe is not with Qaos, … Read more >>
Without any prior notification, our hosting company migrated my account, and hence the site, to a new server earlier today and it would appear that in the process a number of comments were … Read more >>
It’s been well over a year and a half since we had an Inquisitor from Pointer. This is the first Pointer puzzle I have blogged, but I have enjoyed solving many of his … Read more >>
Straightforward on the whole, but with enough wiliness to keep complacency at bay.
I’m always delighted to see Puck’s name on a puzzle, particularly when I’m blogging – and he’s on top form today. I was a bit daunted at the beginning, seeing two clues containing … Read more >>