Never knowingly undersolved
It’s another Tees and Pierre show, I’m afraid. We do love each other in a special way, but the reason we keep bumping into each other is that Tees is a Monday regular … Read more >>
Cyclops is right on the zeitgeist button this fortnight… …with references to an ADDLED PARLIAMENT, the POTBOILER of a Brexit – which has been going on for an ETERNITY but has now become … Read more >>
Bonjour. Everyman has settled into a distinctive style, which (now I am familiar with it) is an aid to solving. I’ve got a few niggles about this one, though. The … Read more >>
Thanks Kairos for an enjoyable Sunday outing. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 8 Roll over for one at sea (4) LOST : “list”(a roll/a register of names) with O(abbrev. for “over” … Read more >>
Another interesting trip though the English language with an expert guide. Thank you Azed.
Wire provides us with this weekend’s first challenge.
Hello everyone. I had never solved an Oxymoron puzzle before, and it was only when writing up the blog that I realised that thanks for this crossword are due to the late, great … Read more >>
A pleasure to see Brendan’s name in the Prize puzzle slot again, some four months after the last occasion.
Phi is occupying his traditional Friday slot once again. I found this puzzle to be towards the easy end of the Indy spectrum of difficulty. I faltered at the end with 6A and … Read more >>
A breezy challenge from Julius , which was easy for most part with only the parsing for 27ac holding me back from an equally speedy finish. Thanks Julius!
A clever construction with the usual excellent clueing by Picaroon today.
The scheduled blogger has failed to turn up so here is a quick analysis of the clues. An enjoyable offering from Alberich today (as was that of his alter ego in the Independent). … Read more >>
Thanks Vlad for the workout. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9 Total nonsense from the start in one statement (9) UTTERANCE : UTTER(total/absolute) + 1st letter of(… from the start) “nonsense” … Read more >>
Klingsor has given us a puzzle that doesn’t seem to require any specialist knowledge as the grid is filled with fairly common words. There’s a bit of music (DULCIMER [1 … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 14, 2019