Never knowingly undersolved
A bank holiday in some parts of the UK, and a typically gentle puzzle from Chifonie to accompany it, slightly spoiled for me by some inaccuracies in the clueing, as noted below. Thanks … Read more >>
An excellent and enjoyable example of what the new Everyman can do.
A standard puzzle from Azed this week There aren’t many words beginning PC and we had one of the few at 1 across. Perhaps not surprisingly, that wasn’t my first … Read more >>
A nicely varied mix. Thank you Dill.
We hope we weren’t the only ones to find this very tough. At one point we were quite worried that we would not be able to provide a comprehensive blog. We ended up completing the bottom half first, hoping that this would open up the top half which only had 9ac, 10ac & 11ac written in.
This was nearly a DNF (did not finish) for me – in fact it still may be – and it was certainly an MSD (missed submission deadline), as I didn’t crack the final … Read more >>
This was one of those where I guessed most of the solutions from the definitions and then figured out the parsing later. Thank you Vlad.
This is the third Phi in a row on Fridays, so perhaps he is back to his normal weekly position. after a few weeks of random / thematic days for his puzzles … Read more >>
I’m usually a big fan of Picaroon’s, but I didn’t think this was one of his best. There are some nice clues, of course, but also a couple of slightly dubious definitions. Still, … Read more >>
A pretty simple challenge from BRADMAN today, without much fuss at all in the solve. I have a query on one clue which I have noted in the blog.
Thanks to Paul for a difficult one, due to the number of British politicians to be recalled. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Warmer on entering flat in south-central England? (9) … Read more >>
My goodness that was hard work. My time was off the scale and it would be embarrassing to reveal it. But the crossword was all good — indeed very good — and I got there in the end, not at the time being able to parse 7dn but coping with it later. All the clues are sound (so far as I can see) and there are some very clever devices used.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
Aardvark serves up a Thursday morning treat.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 10, 2019
I enjoyed this a lot. Pretty tricky with much lateral thinking is needed to finish – not one to rattle of in a tea-break! Thank you Io.