Never knowingly undersolved
Harry and I bump into each other for the second month running on a Sunday. This was a well-constructed, entertaining cryptic in the typical IoS style – tractable and without obscurities. And no … Read more >>
The Observer crossword from Mar 15, 2020. Another accessible puzzle by our Sunday setter. Not much controversy this week despite me having (less than) a handful of minor quibbles. I was looking for … Read more >>
As usual Azed gives a challenge this week. I started fairly strongly with a couple of foodie entries – SCRAMBLED EGGS at 1 across and NOODLES at 14 across. In … Read more >>
Darkest hour !!! How very prophetic. But in crossword terms some extra words to remove, to reveal 3 names, a perimeter quotation to insert and a single normal entry to be amended to … Read more >>
Amazingly, this is our 500th blog on 225! It’s Dalibor today and we knew we were in for a bit of a challenge. This was an enjoyable Saturday work-out, including some new … Read more >>
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 >>