Never knowingly undersolved
A fun but fairly easy prize puzzle from Crucible, with a theme of paintings The painting-related answers are: GLAIR NATIONAL GALLERY TEMPERA MATISSE NIOBE (perhaps – there are lots of paintings of Niobe) … Read more >>
An interesting puzzle from WANDERER this Friday – witty cluing and elegant surfaces.
Chifonie seems to have given up his regular Monday appearances, but even so it’s a surprise to see him on a Friday. Lots of very straightforward clues here, as usual, but there were … Read more >>
It’s Phi-day again!
Thanks Nutmeg. This was difficult in parts. Apologies for the late blog. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9 Rescue injured relative, overcoming resistance (9) RETRIEVAL : Anagram of(injured) RELATIVE containing(overcoming) R(symbol … Read more >>
Hunt the theme in today’s Julius puzzle.
Serpent has unleashed his cruciverbal venom on us this Thursday, although I am more used to seeing his work on Tuesdays. I found this to be a thoroughly entertaining and very challenging puzzle, … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of 12 January, 2019
A nice variety of clue types here, plenty to keep one’s interest. Thanks Goliath
Crosophile provides the fare today. This puzzle challenged my spelling in a couple of places. I had RI [religious instruction] for scripture leading to PUTRIFY at 21 down (PUTREFY) … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27725.
This is Kruger’s thirty-ninth Inquisitor puzzle making him the third most prolific Inquisitor setter to date behind Schadenfreude (80) and Phi (57). The preamble stated " Corrections to single letter … Read more >>
A straightforward Tuesday offering, not without its moments but with some curiously unsatifying cryptic definitions.
A pleasant crossword from Radian: all semed straightforward enough and there were some nice clues. I have my doubts about one of them, but perhaps that’s just me being fussy.
Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
It’s been a couple of months since the last Arachne puzzle and I count myself lucky to have landed my second blog in a row. Without surprise, I find I can repeat my … Read more >>