Never knowingly undersolved
Dalibor is an irregular contributor to weekday Independent puzzles but his puzzles are always challenging when they appear. There was a clear theme to today’s puzzle with allusions to a … Read more >>
A quick solve, although a couple of clues took a little while to parse.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27912
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 17, 2019
Great puzzle as usual from Julius, quite a bit tougher than usual I thought. Thank you Julius.
Quite a tough crossword from Filbert today I thought — especially so for the usually quite gentle Wednesday — but well worth it. A mass of excellent clues and nothing that struck me as particularly questionable, apart from 15ac and 11dn, which are in any case only slight carps.
Definitions underlined in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
It’s a while since I blogged a puzzle from Crucible, who has long been one of my top favourites, so it was good to find this one on another sunny morning. The last … Read more >>
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Serpent is one of a bunch of Inquisitor setters that I like more often than not. Preamble: The wordplay in 32 clues generates an extra letter. Taken in clue order, these letters … Read more >>
A quick solve, followed by some head-scratching over several bits of parsing. I liked 1ac, 18ac, 1dn, 6dn, and especially 17dn. Thanks to Tramp for the puzzle.
It’s Tuesday so what are we looking for?
Thanks Crux for an enjoyable puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 A minor embarrassment for the French? (6,8) ENFANT TERRIBLE : Cryptic defn: French for a spoiled child/an embarrassing minor, … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle from Velia.
Pan never disappoints in the Quiptic slot. Here’s a tractable, carefully constructed cryptic for a lazy Bank Holiday morning (where I live, at least). Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition … Read more >>