Never knowingly undersolved
Friends, Romans, Crossword-men (and women), lend me your beers…I come to praise Wire, not to bury him… I think this my first Wire solve/blog – and most enjoyable it was too. A veritable … Read more >>
Variety Show
Whatever your Mastermind specialist subject, I hope you’ve not been too universally challenged by another extraordinarily diverse set of themed puzzles from the IQ setters this year. Once again I tip my hat to our incredible team of compilers.
Apologies for the late blog. Firstly, the puzzle was no walkover, and secondly I lost the (unsaved) document when the battery on my laptop ran out. As they say, “it never rains…” In … Read more >>
It’s the last Phi-day of the year! We hope everyone had a great Christmas and wish you all a Happy New Year
A relatively benign offering today from the Don for his last crossword in 2018! Thanks Don, and looking forward to more of your challenges in 2019.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 15, 2018
Monk provides a challenge for FT solvers this morning.
Here I am with my last blog of 2018, and it is indeed a good long while since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Knut. A nice medium-difficulty puzzle, … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27702.
I haven’t blogged on Boxing Day before and I was quite surprised to be reminded that there is a paper today. After a most enjoyable day yesterday, I have no social commitments until … Read more >>
Serpent First of all, a Happy Christmas to all solvers I have failed to parse the wordplay in two of the entries – TIDE and ASSERTIVE. I have a vague … Read more >>
Eclogue is a setter seen quite often in Inquisitor circles. I last blogged an Eclogue in March this year. That one focused on Red Dwarf. What has Eclogue got in store this time? … Read more >>
A fun Christmas Eve alphabetical jigsaw from Julius. Unfortunately the instructions were incorrect in that the clues are not presented in alphabetical order. There is however a clue with the start letter of each … Read more >>
After Chifonie’s unexpected appearance on Thursday last week, I wondered who it would be today, so it was a delight and surprise to see Brendan’s name, as we last saw him only two … Read more >>
Matilda’s turn in the quiptic slot this week.