Never knowingly undersolved
Pasquale pays one of his fairly rare visits to the Prize slot, with a typically well-constructed and meticulously clued puzzle, with a variety of clue types and one or two less familiar (or … Read more >>
Now there’s an intriguing title: I wonder what hare Poat might have set running this time? (Poor chap: there’s no escape from the poor animal now.) We can sure it will be a good ’un though, so let’s see.
Thank you to Kite. Definitions are underlined in the clues. I can’t parse one. Across 9 At age close to retirement, Ivy fit to have sex toys (5-4) SIXTY-FIVE : Anagram of(… toys) … Read more >>
Another Friday, another Phi . . . back to his usual slot after the exception of last week.
Apologies, the blog will be late today.
A breezy challenge from MUDD this Friday.
For those of you who missed last Saturday night’s Annual Listener Awards in Southport, here are the winners: Ascot Gold Cup for the best puzzle: By George! by Enigmatist (John Henderson). Solver Silver Salver for the longest all-correct run … Read more >>
A celebration of a famous entry – an area to be found – a quotation from extra letters in across clues leading to an answer to be found. The surname of the entrant … Read more >>
Tees fills the Thursday spot this week.
Gurney is today’s compiler.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29647.
Eccles has provided our mid-week cruciverbal teaser this Wednesday, using a grid that contains no really long entries and so plenty of short- and medium-length entries for us all to tease out. I … Read more >>
It’s Brummie occupying the midweek slot again, with a reasonably straightforward puzzle. My apologies for a rather rudimentary blog, any errors or omissions and my possible inability to revisit later, owing to family … Read more >>
A lovely themed crossword from Gaff.
Recent communications on this site that many people are concerned that Gravatar is, for want of a better phrase, stealing their identities. In case you missed it then take a look at this thread: https://www.fifteensquared.net/2025/03/15/to-av-or-to-av-not/.