Never knowingly undersolved
It’s Boatman providing the challenge today, with a theme that must surely be unmissable. Today, it was not so much a case of spotting the theme as chasing down some knotty parsing but … Read more >>
A gentle but fun offering from Artexlen I completed this puzzle in two passes, with the two long answers at the top of the bottom being the key to solving the rest of … Read more >>
Quite a struggle for me today, and there are various answers that I don’t really understand. Many of the clues are very nice, but it looks to me that they call on knowledge … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 2, 2019 I finished this puzzle in what may be my record time for a Goliath. And I found it very entertaining. First I was … Read more >>
A fair challenge from Aardark today. Thank you. Realising that there was a pangram in the offing helped to narrow down some of the possibilities. This helped to balance out the grid being … Read more >>
A slow, tough, and enjoyable puzzle – favourites were 11ac, 26ac, 2dn, 19dn, and 20dn. Thanks to Picaroon.
Another fun puzzle to start the day – we always know that we will have some great wordplay in an Eccles puzzle. Eccles seems to be have been given a regular Wednesday slot … Read more >>
Duck Egg by Kruger Clues are given in alphabetical order of their answers which must be entered where they will fit. Wordplay in each clue yields an extra letter that is not … Read more >>
Typical Hamilton offering with a few iffy-looking constructs but a lot of fun.
This was one of those puzzles where I was staring at a nearly empty grid for a long time, and then everything, or almost everything, fell into place quite quickly. Getting the long … Read more >>
Radian has compiled today’s puzzle for our stimulation and entertainment. It is Tuesday today, but I haven’t spotted a theme of any description and there appears to be no Nina, but I could … Read more >>
ARMONIE kicks off the week… This took me way longer than usual due to being obsessed with "FOX" as Quaker in 2d. Apart from that, there was nothing too taxing here, except 24a … Read more >>
Thanks to Anto for today’s Quiptic. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 She can’t grasp novel I mused about (5,2,4) VENUS DE MILO : Anagram of(… about) NOVEL I MUSED. Defn: … Read more >>
It’s the Tees and Pierre Monday matinee again, which is never a burden for me, since I always learn something from this setter’s puzzles. And close but no cigar for a bird link. … Read more >>
A very Monday puzzle… Not really my cup of tea, I’m afraid, but a gentle introduction to the week that did not require any particular general knowledge (other than for 27ac, but I’ll … Read more >>