Never knowingly undersolved
It’s always a real pleasure to find Qaos’ name on a puzzle I’m down to blog – except there’s always pressure, too. While a number of setters sometimes have themes, we know that … Read more >>
A fast Tuesday solve, although not without style and Hamilton’s (occasional) trademark buccanneer way with The Rules.
Radian has given us what I thought was a fairly gentle crossword today For a change, I have been able to parse all the entries before getting too deeply into … Read more >>
Spicier than the usual Monday, and it’s always nice to see Arachne on any day of the week. Lovely surfaces and wordplay, with plenty of smiles and some outright laughs – favourites were 14ac, 25ac, 26ac, 1dn, 21dn, and 22dn. Thanks to Arachne.
A well crafted puzzle by Phi of very high quality. This was much more accessible than last Monday’s puzzle (no obscure bands, at any rate) but still required a lot of careful thought to decrypt all the clues.
I don’t think we’ve ever had a dud Quiptic – barely a dud clue – from Matilda in the time she has been setting for this slot. Another good’un this morning to get … Read more >>
Good puzzle to kick off the week.
The Observer crossword from Jul 7, 2019
We’re getting used the new-style Everyman, aren’t we?
As far as I can tell, this is a debut for Skinny, so welcome. I found this a tractable and pleasing puzzle in the IoS style, spoilt only by one clue which is … Read more >>
A non-standard puzzle this week Azed puzzles published on the first Sunday of the month are competition puzzles. Often they are just plain puzzles, but on a few occasions each … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here. Hi everyone. I hope you’re having a good weekend. Thanks to Tyrus for today’s puzzling fun. I was expecting a real challenge, but in the event, … Read more >>
A central area that needs letters to move to the top/bottom/ left or right and the wordplay and then something else to consider with the normal clues. Some relatively straight forward clues with … Read more >>
We both really like these alphabetical jigsaw (which I remember someone on this site referring to as “Araubeticals” since they were such a speciality of Araucaria). This is an excellent one from Paul. … Read more >>
A slow, tricky solve today, with the right side of the grid giving me most trouble. Haven’t been able to spot a theme. Favourites were 1ac, 18ac, 26ac, and 3dn. Thanks to Tramp
Wire takes over from Phi this Friday with an enjoyable puzzle to end the week.