Never knowingly undersolved
A reasonably swift solve for this Eye puzzle I nearly managed my first ever “complete on first pass” but it was not to be. ( I define the end of the first pass … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here. Hi everyone. Thanks to Nitsy for a puzzle which didn’t detain me unduly but entertained me greatly. There were a couple of instances where I had … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3812. Everyman seemingly on a new tack; I thought it distinctly harder than previous offerings, and I see no trace of the linked answers which have been … Read more >>
A pleasure to solve and blog as always. Thank you Azed.
Another Ssss-aturday Indy blog, another Ssss-erpent……and to follow last time’s perimetral-pangram, we have another suspicious looking perimeter… As a genetic – if not geographically domiciled – Yorkshireman, I particularly enjoyed the Boycott-ian surface … Read more >>
Last Friday’s blogger, Andrew, said that he was confidently expecting a Paul puzzle that day. When that didn’t happen, I was equally confidently expecting a Paul puzzle on Saturday, since there hadn’t been … Read more >>
“As a gesture of ENTENTE solvers must 1ac 15 43 28 24 44 and complete the tripartite expression at 17 14 12. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
From the preamble to the last Qaos puzzle I blogged, in July: ‘It’s always a real pleasure to find Qaos’ name on a puzzle I’m down to blog – except there’s always pressure, … Read more >>
As efficient a job as one always expects from Phi. Nearly all the answers can be explained simply in one expression, and where I’ve been longer it’s only really because I wanted to … Read more >>
A relatively straightforward challenge from REDSHANK today, thanks to whom for a brisk Friday morning workout. A couple of new meanings/words learnt along the way, but quite gettable from the strong cluing.
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We’ve enjoyed Loglady’s previous puzzles, several of which were in the Independent on Sunday, but we haven’t had the pleasure of blogging a Loglady puzzle before, so this was an interesting first for … Read more >>
A challenger from Neo in today's FT I took a while to get started with this puzzle, but the long perimeter solutions helped, at least in so far as it allowied me to … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27972. I was happy not to have to blog yesterday’s Vlad, but I found this one not an easy puzzle. It is notable for the number of … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 26, 2019 Not much to say about this puzzle. It was perhaps a bit harder than Mudd’s usual. My favourite clue this week is 7dn … Read more >>