Never knowingly undersolved
It’s Crucible today, with a themed puzzle right up my street. I know the theme won’t be everyone’s cup of tea but I hope there’s enough wit and ingenuity in the clues to … Read more >>
Neo steps up to the setter’s plate today.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 11, 2020
The grid looks like ought to have some theme in there, but nothing obvious comes to mind. Thank you Aardvark. ACROSS 1 IAMBIC Current Australian doctor in charge of feet (6) I … Read more >>
As often, difficult solve from Vlad – and with some tricky parsing to work out afterwards. Favourites were 24ac, 7dn, and 16dn. Thanks to Vlad.
Eccles is a regular setter of Wednesday Independent puzzles. He provides a puzzle that usually avoids messages and themes. His puzzles would be a good starting point for solvers getting into cryptic crosswords. … Read more >>
A fine puzzle with several unusual constructions and a tribute hidden within…
A puzzle from eXtent this week The preamble told us that six entries are affected by shortages; answers to the corresponding clues must be entered as jumbles. Superfluous letters, spelling out a two-word … Read more >>
A typically entertaining and reasonably straightforward puzzle from Qaos today – thanks to him.
Apart from my vague grumblings over the use of ‘possibly’, and what seems to me to be a bit doubtful in 26dn, Alchemi has as usual produced a very neat and enjoyable crossword. … Read more >>
Thanks Pan for a Quiptic that’s just at the right level. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 8 Not old enough to destroy deer with a gun (8) UNDERAGE : Anagram of(to … Read more >>
Some very smooth surface readings from Tees today.
A pleasant Monday solve.
ZAMORCA kicks off the working week… I’ve yet to check the print version, but certainly the online version had the added challenge of showing the wrong grid. It wasn’t far off though. Nothing … Read more >>
A mixed bag of difficulty here.