Never knowingly undersolved
This really set me back and I spent ages on it, eventually giving up and using aids. But as always of course with Serpent it is pretty good. I have no excuses but … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 5, 2019
Always good to see Julius’s name at the top. Thank you Julius. A fruit and nut puzzle. ACROSS 1 POMEGRANATE Fruit rock from England hawked in a Sydney market? (11) sounds like “pommy … Read more >>
A very enjoyable puzzle from Philistine today. I found it quite a quick solve, helped by gentle clueing for the four long answers around the outside of the grid. Thanks to Philistine. … Read more >>
Another Eccles for us to blog today……..
Today’s crossword has been supplied by Filbert, and it wouldn’t be Tuesday if we didn’t have a theme, would it?! The first and top rows of the completed grid spell out ENGLISH CHANNEL, … Read more >>
Corpsing by Encota Three clues comprise wordplay only. All clues contain an extra word that must be removed before solving. In clue order the first and last letters of these words spell … Read more >>
Speedy Tuesday solve, neat cluing and smooth surfaces.
Tough, but ultimately satisfying.
Thanks to Hectence for a puzzle befitting the Quiptic tag. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Difficult time after baby’s head is delivered (7) BROUGHT : [ROUGH(difficult/unpleasant, as in “I had … Read more >>
Flitwick is a fairly recent addition to the Indy’s team of crossword setters. Pierre pointed out that he’d blogged all of Flitwick’s first three puzzles earlier this year, but I’m happy to break the pattern with this one.
ZAMORCA kicks off the week…
This one took somewhat longer than usual but I think that was just me having an off day. Less than half done after an uncharacteristically long 30 minute first pass. It didn’t start … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27951.
A pleasant start to a Sunday morning with nothing too troublesome or obscure. There seemed to be a lot of people in the clues/entries but I cannot see any connection between them so … Read more >>