Never knowingly undersolved
Jambazi is a rare visitor to the Independent crossword arena in recent years. The fifteensquared search facility tells me that it was April 2017 when he last appeared. I found … Read more >>
I always find Julius puzzles entertaining, I don’t ever remember a dull one. Thank you Julius.
Just right for a Wednesday, the gentleness of whose crossword was established for many years by Dac. This is a worthy successor: the excellent clues are not write-ins, but there is nothing really difficult so far as I can see.
Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27696.
The third Inquisitor puzzle this year from Nimrod. Preamble: From each of twelve clues a single letter must be removed before solving. Taken together, these letters describe twelve other clues into each … Read more >>
Thanks Chalmie for an enjoyable puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 State essentially giving rector restorable friary (8) VICTORIA : Central 2 letters, respectively, of(essentially) “giving rector restorable friary“. Defn: … … Read more >>
It’s Pasquale’s turn to entertain us on another gloomy morning. My first half-dozen or so answers went in quite readily and provided an entry to less familiar – or unknown – words, … Read more >>
It’s been a while since we last blogged a Raich puzzle and we really looked forward to this, especially as it’s Tuesday – theme day
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 8, 2018
Well I don’t know what’s happened to the scheduled blogger today but for some reason he hasn’t turned up so here is a quick analysis of the clues without further commentary (which I … Read more >>
A pleasant and gentle start to the week from Gurney.
As we approach Quiptic no. 1000, it’s one of its long-standing setters, Hectence, who is on the oche this morning. As always, she has produced a pleasing puzzle for this slot. … Read more >>
Another thoroughly enjoyable offering from Vigo.
A fairly typical Everyman: nothing too obscure, but enough of a challenge to be enjoyable.
A plain Azed this week As usual, Azed has given us a mix of everyday and obscure words, all clearly clued. I have probably come across the device used in … Read more >>