Never knowingly undersolved
I said last month that I hadn’t blogged a Silvanus very often, so it’s a bit like buses coming in twos or threes that I get another one fairly soon. … Read more >>
Vismut is a new setter, so it was interesting to see how the puzzle developed The preamble told us that "Members of a group, written clockwise in the perimeter, are … Read more >>
Apologies for the slight lateness of this blog. Mild computer problems.
I’d always thought that Tuesdays and Thursdays were the difficult days. Not that this was all that easy, but it was on the easy side of average. On the whole very pleasant, although there are one or two I’m not quite sure about.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
A pleasant, coffee-time solve.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27629.
Tees once again to start the week when it’s my turn, not that I’m complaining
Hectence is in the Quiptic slot this week.
A near-perfect start to the week, I thought, from Pan. I really enjoyed this puzzle, with its meticulous cluing and meaningful and often witty surfaces throughout. My only quibble is the … Read more >>
Simple enough Monday morning solve
There is the usual swathe of political subject matter in the clues, but besides the grid centring on Jeremy Corbyn, there isn’t much in the answers. Favourite clue must be the long anagram … Read more >>
A plain puzzle with only one Scottish word this week.
Thanks to Raich for this thematic puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. The crossword marks the 80th anniversary today of the signing of Munich Agreement, with the solutions to 1 across, 11 … Read more >>
The usual well-constructed mixture of charades, anagrams and insertions from Everyman to accompany Sunday morning coffee. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind … Read more >>
Qaos has set the Guardian Genius puzzle for September The preamble this month was fairly short and told us that each clue contains a superfluous word. In order, the first letters … Read more >>
Is this the first puzzle by Dalibor in the Independent? If so, this was a fine one to open the account. I’m familiar with his puzzles created for the various Sloggers and Betters … Read more >>