Never knowingly undersolved
Serpent fills the Thursday spot this week. Overall, we found much of this rather less challenging than we have come to expect from Serpent, but one or two clues did cause some head-scratching … Read more >>
Not as difficult as the mini-theme might suggest…
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 24, 2019
Flitwick, one of the latest additions to the Indy compiling team, has provided this week’s Wednesday puzzle. This is certainly my first attempt at solving and blogging a puzzle set by Flitwick, and … Read more >>
Interesting and absorbing to both solve and blog. One clue I can’t explain, so any help appreciated. Thanks Julius. ACROSS 1 BALLROOM DANCING Strictly speaking, FT when not abbreviated? (8,7) I can’t … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27995. I found this a most enjoyable crossword – witty, inventive, and challenging enough without being too difficult. It has been a while since I last blogged … Read more >>
Invisible Ink by Phi Preamble: Spoiler: highlight the whitespace before the compiler’s name (above) to see the puzzle’s title. Well! What’s that all about? I’ve often wondered if we could ever have … Read more >>
Imogen sets the Tuesday challenge. As usual with this setter, we have a handful of straightforward clues [e.g. 12, 14, 18ac, 2, 15dn] to get us started and keep us going, with others … Read more >>
A straightforward Tuesday solve from a new setter to me.
Maize is an irregular setter for the Independent appearing just a few times each year. Maize set the wonderful quintuple pangram on New Year’s Day in 2018. The theme present … Read more >>
A fine Quiptic from Matilda this morning. One or two clues to stretch the target audience of ‘beginners’, but all fair. I have tried to explain in detail how all the clues work, … Read more >>
A fun solve, and I was held up in places with an unusual grid and a few less familiar words. Favourites 1ac, 14ac, and 25ac. Thanks to Chifonie for the puzzle.
An enjoyable challenge from Armonie this morning.
We are meeting up suspiciously often on Monday mornings, me and this setter. I can assure readers that our relationship is entirely 11ac, but I do love her in a special way this … Read more >>
The Observer crossword from Nov 24, 2019 As is almost normal in the UK nowadays, Everyman seems to divide opinion but I thought this was a generally sound offering in the now familiar … Read more >>