Never knowingly undersolved
With autumn well and truly here, Monk is the setter today. Always a pleasure to encounter Monk – possibly at his more devious today, though maybe I’m just not as quick as I … Read more >>
A misprint in the definitions of each clue. An unclued entry and 23 cells to highlight. Should be fun. My first thought was that this was at the easier end of the difficulty … Read more >>
This took a few sittings over the week for us to finish, but it was a very enjoyable process – lots of silliness and lovely surface readings. Thanks, Paul! Across 9. Big comedown … Read more >>
I see with some surprise that I’ve been blogging of Fifteensquared for just over eleven years, but this, my 699th contribution, is the first for The Independent. Not surprisingly on a Friday, it’s a Phi, so thanks to him.
REDSHANK serves up a beauty, that is guaranteed to make your brain squirm and yet make it all so worthwhile! Thanks REDSHANK.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27919.
Serpent has provided our cruciverbal entertainment this Thursday morning, on a grid leaving scope for a Nina. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle, which gave me a good workout as a solver and an … Read more >>
Vlad provides this morning’s challenge. The puzzle contains trenchant comment, in both clues and answers, on our current woeful situation, in Vlad’s inimitable style. There’s some very clever cluing and ingenious devices – … Read more >>
One of those puzzles that takes longer to poarse than to solve.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 24, 2019
An excellent puzzle in the traditional style – good surface readings and precise wordplay. Thank you Jason.
An enjoyable puzzle with some very nice surfaces and cluing. Favourites were 14ac, 26ac, 3dn, 5dn, 16dn, and 20dn. Thanks to Nutmeg.
Eccles is now the regular Wednesday setter for Independent weekday puzzles. Eccles usually produces crosswords without gimmicks or messages and this is the case today (unless I have missed something) … Read more >>
Hard going but fair & fun, I thought, although not helped by an irritating mis-numeration.
Mynot is seen more regularly on Fifteensquared as a setter of Enigmatic Variations puzzles. This is his first Inquisitor since June 2010 The preamble was fairly short and told us … Read more >>