Never knowingly undersolved
Thanks to Slormgorm, perhaps more restrained here than when he sets under another pseudonym. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Pine for one tender to court daughter (8) SOFTWOOD : SOFT(gentle;tender) … Read more >>
Knut’s puzzles generally present interesting challenges, and today’s is no exception.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27599.
I have installed another WordPress plugin to help control spam. You shouldn’t notice any changes unless Akismet, the site’s primary spam filter, considers your comment to be spam. If it does, you will … Read more >>
Good fun Monday morning puzzle from Armonie.
Hectence is a long-time setter of the Quiptic and she has compiled a delightful puzzle for us this morning. It’s well-constructed, with one or two challenging clues, but eminently tractable with a bit … Read more >>
Vulcan continues to slip comfortably into the Monday slot vacated by Rufus, to provide the traditional ‘gentle start to the week’. We have the customary medley of anagrams, charades and double and cryptic … Read more >>
I’ve not blogged a Crosophile for a while now, so I was interested to see what he had produced for us for the Bank Holiday Monday puzzle. I found it a bit of … Read more >>
Apologies for the late appearance of the blog, my ability to type has been severely hampered by a cubital tunnel operation on my arm.
A straightforward puzzle, but not an easy one. Thank you Poins.
The instructions for this puzzle were as follows:
Clues are of two types. In each of the acrosses, the cryptic
part leads to the answer to be entered and the definition part
leads to an anagram of that answer. In each of the downs, the
definition part leads to the answer to be entered and the (cryptic)
remainder leads to an anagram of that answer. All grid entries
and anagrams thereof are in the Chambers Dictionary (2014),
except for two proper names (one biblical and one geographical).
Bracketed numbers refer throughout to grid entries. Anagrams of
entries at 15 Across and 6 Down each consist of two words.
Due to IT issues, PeeDee has been unable to add his preamble and schedule/publish this blog.
Yikes! This was hard
I got 6 answers after the first pass of the clues, but 2 of them turned out to be wrong.
A complex and multi-layered EV this week, which I think I solved, and definitely submitted, but can’t fully explain… The preamble states that: “The puzzle’s theme is a six-word phrase. A word that … Read more >>
Because it was not working correctly and so causing people aggravation, three months ago I disabled the Captcha plugin and installed an alternative that was supposed to detect spambots, and the like, and … Read more >>