Never knowingly undersolved
I was panicking a bit to begin with, because on scanning the clues I couldn’t do any of them for a while. Then a few fell and it was all easy enough, a pleasant offering from Knut today. There were one or two small things I was a bit uncomfortable with, as indicated below, but on the whole it was good.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
We get an Inquisitor puzzle from Serpent about twice a year, sometimes quite hard, often quite fun. Preamble: Four symmetrically-placed across clues have standard wordplay and definitions. In each of the remaining … Read more >>
Thanks to Neo. There are a few clues/solutions from/relating to Greek mythology, the Bible, and literature respectively. And some clues/solutions that could be connected to one another. Is something going on here? Definitions are … Read more >>
We were surprised to find that it was only 2 months ago that we last blogged a Hob puzzle. As usual an enjoyable solve although we found this one a little easier than … Read more >>
A very enjoyable puzzle from Picaroon that looked rather impenetrable at first, with its many cross-references. I was lucky to guess 19d early on, which led me to the gateway answer at 26,1,10, … Read more >>
I don’t think I’ve blogged a Quiptic before but I was happy to stand in today. This one fills the bill admirably, I think, with a good variety of clue types, all fairly … Read more >>
We don’t see Silvanus that often in the Indy, so I was pleased to have the chance to blog one of his puzzles this morning. Took a bit of getting into, mind you. … Read more >>
A gentle start to the week from Chifonie.
Thanks Armonie for a pleasant solve!
I think it is fair to assume that the scheduled blogger is not going to turn up today (after all, it is 4pm) so here is an analysis of the clues, with no … Read more >>
I found this one to be very much towards the easier end of the Genius spectrum (probably welcome to some after last month’s Enigmatist), perhaps because I started with the down clues and … Read more >>
A typically enjoyable Sunday Lunch puzzle from the Indy. Thank you Poins.
Some delightful new words here, both in the clues and solutions.
Ouch! My brain has only just recovered from the pummelling it received from Enigmatist/Nimrod’s recent Grauniad Genius, so to get a Saturday Indy from him as well could inflict further neural damage… …and … Read more >>
Is there such a thing as an ALTERNATIVE TO A BEER? Shurely just shomething to precede/follow/accompany/complement?… The preamble states that: “In ALTERNATIVE TO A BEER?, a theme word (4) must be written below … Read more >>