Never knowingly undersolved
I find Wiglaf one of the more difficult setters in the Independent stable Today’s puzzle was another that fell into the tricky character for me. Wiglaf’s cryptic definitions are quite … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 28, 2018
A fiendish puzzle from Julius today. Thanks Julius.
You always get a nice transparent offering from Alchemi. Plenty of good clues here, though nothing I could see that was particularly frightening.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
An eclectic mix from Pasquale today…
Two previous Inquisitor puzzles have had the byline Nitsy … but they were in 2007 & 2009 – that’s certainly a while back. Preamble: Thirteen clues contain no definitions: the answers to … Read more >>
Pleasantly straightforward from the Falcon today.
It’s been six months since we last had the pleasure of blogging a Radian puzzle, and it was worth the wait. We were quite well into the puzzle before we tumbled to … Read more >>
The puzzle can be solved online here.
Lovely pics taken by Lynette Helmore (she of Bert & Joyce). I also got an error message when I clicked on the link. Maybe copying and pasting this will work: www.flickr.com/photos/30631875@N03/albums/72157695900670294
Filbert returns on a really rather pleasant Bank Holiday morning with a themed puzzle.
A gentle bank holiday puzzle from CRUX.
Nothing to frighten the horses here, which is how it should be with a Quiptic. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27502.