Never knowingly undersolved
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
I enjoyed this. Thank you Gozo.
The last Filbert, about a month ago, was also on a Wednesday and I had the pleasure of blogging that as well. I commented on how it was harder than we have come to expect from Wednesdays and this one was no different, which is not to denigrate it: perhaps policy has changed. Apart from the incomprehensible 27ac I thought this was an excellent crossword (and no doubt when someone explains how 27ac works there will be no exceptions), and the fact that I failed eventually on 11ac (and stupidly on 8dn) was my own fault.
Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27935.
Thanks Peto for an enjoyable crossword. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Directed towards back street to get unusual kind of medicine (7) NOSTRUM : Reversal of(… back) ON(directed towards/aimed at … Read more >>
Gila has provided us with some pretty good Inquisitor puzzles in the past, so I have high hopes for this one. Preamble: Every second clue contains a single letter misprint, occurring in … Read more >>
It’s good to get a Puck puzzle to blog on my return from holiday. [Thanks to Duncan and Pierre for standing in for me while I was away.] I found it fairly straightforward, … Read more >>