Never knowingly undersolved
Another new setter. Welcome Skylark! Simple rubric: Twenty-one clues contain an additional letter in the wordplay which should be removed before solving. In clue order these (with the insertion of an apostrophe and … Read more >>
Radian provides today’s puzzle. I failed to spot a Shakespearean theme in the last Radian puzzle I blogged. I’ve had a good look at the words in this one and … Read more >>
Robust clueing and very readable sufaces in today’s offering.
Puzzle here: https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27946 Some clever wordplay today from Ms Nutmeg. Particularly 10a and 6d. I do wonder about 24d, since a boomer (in Chambers) is a large male kangaroo and a joey is … Read more >>
Manageable Monday morning
Anto has the Quiptic for us this morning. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions … Read more >>
A puzzle of medium difficulty to start the week.
A themed offering from Brendan this morning.
The Observer crossword from Sep 29, 2019
A puzzle in which Everyman went from one level to another (with a lot in between).
A sound and generally accessible puzzle from Silvanus in the usual IoS style. Just one clue that I really struggled with. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad … Read more >>
I can only find a blog for one previous puzzle by Chandler on this site. That was also for a Genius back in November 2017 focusing on HORSES and COURSES. It will be … Read more >>
A standard puzzle from Azed this week giving us another opportunity to dip into Chambers Dictionary for some new words. In the clues and few of the entries there were … Read more >>
Something unconventional this week which must be deduced – I do like a simple preamble. And whilst not overly difficult, what a marvellous construction. The novelty being that spaces and punctuation filled spaces … Read more >>
When the Serpent emerges from under a rock on a Saturday, will there be a venomous bite, or a death-rattle in the tail?… After the first pass through the Across clues I had … Read more >>
It gets increasingly hard to think of anything novel to say in this bit, so, as usual: this crossword is great – Paul’s the best 🙂 Across 9. Trump’s change of policy dealing … Read more >>