Never knowingly undersolved
Serpent gives us an entertaining challenge today. Thursday is often a theme day in the Independent. I couldn’t see one in the entries, but I often have a look at … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 1, 2020
A tough one, but very satisfying to get it all explained in the end. Thank you Monk. The grid made this trickier than it might have been, the four corners overlapped the rest … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28054. Double definitions abound, as do hairdos. An enjoyable puzzle from Brummie. ACROSS 9 ROUST Drive away, restricting speed initially, then create a stir (5) An envelope … Read more >>
Not all that easy today; after all it is Wednesday. Perhaps Eimi is changing things a bit. Or perhaps it was in fact easy, but I was just incompetent. Definitions in tomato, underlined. … Read more >>
Thanks to Gurney for an enjoyable puzzle with nice surfaces. Definitions are underlined in the clues. (WordPress is not working for me, and I’ve had to do it the hard and long way, … Read more >>
I very much enjoyed Vismut’s first two puzzles as an Inquisitor, but the third one not so much. Let’s see how we get on with this. Preamble: On completion of the grid … Read more >>
I do love Nutmeg’s puzzles and this one more than lived up to expectations in wit, elegance and ingenuity. I’ll leave you to name favourites. Many thanks to Nutmeg. Definitions are underlined in … Read more >>
We only seem to come across Filbert once a month, and we have only blogged one of his previous puzzles – but from past experience, we knew we were in for a bit … Read more >>
Challenging puzzle from Zamorca this morning!
Always a pleasure when I see Matilda’s name on opening up the Quiptic. I found this an entertaining puzzle, with one or two clues requiring a bit of head-scratching; but it was all … Read more >>
I found this a mixture of easy and tricky clues.
A quick and pleasant solve – I particularly liked 9ac, 11ac, 28ac, 1dn, 4dn, and 16dn. Thanks to Vulcan.
A bit of a mixed bag this week: mostly straightforward, some excellent clues, but a few slightly iffy ones. I enjoyed most of this, but a few clues look as though Everyman didn’t … Read more >>
As usual the first Azed of the month is a competition puzzle. This time it is a standard plain Azed frequently includes Scots words as entries, but today he went … Read more >>