Never knowingly undersolved
Nimrod – so an easy puzzle is highly unlikely! Clever clue-ing as always, as to whether some of it is too clever, it is difficult to say. I feel confident I’ve parsed all … Read more >>
A multi-layered puzzle from Oxymoron this week – my head was spinning just from reading the instructions! The preamble states that: “28 clues contain an additional word which must be removed before solving. … Read more >>
A grueling challenge from NEO today that I got through after a long struggle, battered and bruised. Thanks NEO, for making me feel good about the week until today, retrospectively! 🙂
A good way to end the week; spend time solving a Phi Indie puzzle There’s a famous man named down the central column. He died 499 years and 2 days … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27500.
Very nice crossword from Morph today. Lots of good clues, with convincing surfaces.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
A trademark themed puzzle from Tramp, for which no knowledge of the theme is required. The theme is the works of the director, writer and animator, Nick Park [5dn] and the titles of … Read more >>
This may be the first time I have blogged a puzzle by Flimsy…
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 21, 2018
This Saturday there’s another Sloggers & Betters event in Derby. As always on such an occasion, there will be crosswords all around. A fair few from the dailies but also some on offer … Read more >>
Thank you Aardvark for another enjoyable puzzle.
Lots of fun…
It took us a while to complete the puzzle but when we had finished, we wondered why we had had any problems. Apart form a couple of clues which we were not that … Read more >>
Noble Aims by Nimrod Wordplay in all except six clues leads to an extra letter not entered in the grid; these letters in order reveal a cryptic clue to one version of a … Read more >>
Hob has provided this puzzle, aptly published on the first day of this new month. I thoroughly enjoyed this crossword, which has a lot going on it, with the main theme explained below … Read more >>