Never knowingly undersolved
I took a while to get going on this one, but once I had a few entries in I had a sudden flurry of successes, and most of the rest went in fairly … Read more >>
Another sound enough offering from Everyman this morning, but with one clue where the instruction is missing and a few – in my opinion at least – with rather random surface readings. … Read more >>
I wasn’t familiar with Jack as a setter, but I have encountered him as Serpent in the Inquisitor series.
August is with us, as is a puzzle from Knut. A touch of a musical theme and a few clues that required some general knowledge facts to crack. Highly enjoyable Thanks Knut … Read more >>
Hello everyone. I was happy to see a puzzle from a Jaguar (even if this one isn’t one of my cousins!). For me it was very much at the easier end of the … Read more >>
Another appearance by Philistine in the prize slot and as it’s exactly 12 weeks since his last appearance it falls to me to blog it again (and it’s the third time this year).
No walk in the park for me today, with a solid challenge from BRADMAN occupying the better part of my Friday morning. Thanks BRADMAN, for a good workout.
Silvanus is occupying the Friday slot this week, with Phi having appeared earlier in the week. I found this to be an enjoyable, medium-difficulty puzzle, an appropriate prelude to the cruciverbal challenges of … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27889.
A particularly Puckish puzzle this morning. I think Puck has had fun exploiting his amusing theme, clearly indicated at 26ac, with his usual wit and ingenuity. I really enjoyed it and … Read more >>
Today’s FT challenge is set by Neo.
Loglady is a setter who has, so far, produced more weekend Indie puzzles than weekday puzzles. It is good to see new setters added to the weekday roster. The phrase … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 20, 2019
I always enjoy puzzles from Julius. For me they have a consistently high concentration of penny-drop-moments: those jumps from from “WTF is this about?” to “Aha, of course!”. Thank you Julius.
In his new peripatetic state Phi appears on a Wednesday and to my pleasure clashes with me. This was his usual enjoyable crossword, which I found a bit easier than usual: only 11ac and 14ac held me up, and even now I’m not totally comfortable with them.
Apologies for slight lateness of this blog. Computer problems, which are I hope more or less resolved.
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