Never knowingly undersolved
Today’s slot has been filled by a compiler whose work I am blogging for the first time. I have only discovered one blog of a puzzle by Atrica on 15², so he seems … Read more >>
Oof. A Tuesday toughie for once. Great fun, though.
Myth by Dysart The three unclued entries (one of two words) are names linked by a thematic film whose main character is hidden in the grid (11 cells, to be highlighted). In … Read more >>
A suitable puzzle for Crossword 28,000 – tough and with some lovely clues. Favourites 10ac, 13ac, 24ac, 28ac, 19dn and 23dn. Thanks to Paul for the puzzle.
VELIA kicks off the week in style… A highly enjoyable puzzle this, I thought. Lot’s of lovely clues. 1a, 9a, 12a, 5d, 14d, and 25d were all very nice. 26a made me chuckle. … Read more >>
An excellent puzzle with some great surface definitions.
Thanks to Anto. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Reserve able to control movements in very large area (12) SUBCONTINENT : SUB(short for “substitute”/a reserve player in a competitive team) + … Read more >>
The usual Monday mixture from Vulcan: some nice clues, but also a couple that at distinctly on the weak side. Thanks to Vulcan. I wonder if tomorrow’s puzzle number 30,000 will bring something … Read more >>
One of those Eye puzzles that I found difficult to finish despite getting most of it early on. In my notes I marked 16 as solved on first reading. 1d was a lovely … Read more >>
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The puzzle can be found here. Hi everyone. Thanks to Silvanus for today’s entertainment, and apologies for this blog being a little later than usual. I slept in after a very long … Read more >>
A tricky one this month that took me far longer to solve than a puzzle in this series normally does. The instruction was clear enough: ll vwls hv bn rmvd frm bth cls nd … Read more >>
The last competition puzzle before the Chrtistmas special, and a fairly gentle one (after the initial hurdle of it not being available on the website till Monday). Thanks to Azed. … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3816. Everyman is mostly on a back-to-basics kick this week, although there is the &lit clue at 9A NERVOUS TIC, where the entire clue doubles as definition … Read more >>
An enjoyable solve today with a couple of definitions which needed checking. There were a couple which had us scratching our head due to clever misdirections until we suddenly realised that A = … Read more >>