Never knowingly undersolved
I was surprised to find that I was more than usual on Boatman’s wavelength this morning. Shortly after midnight, I took what was intended to be a quick peep at the puzzle before … Read more >>
Fine Tuesday fare from the Falcon, with meticulous cluing which includes one hidden gem…
Thanks Hamilton – although we aren’t confident we got all the answers right, we did enjoy solving this.
The Teas-er get us off to the new week in fine style.
Anto’s turn in the Quiptic slot this week.
Thought this would be a quick finish when a few of the long ones went straight in, but it got pretty tricky at the end with some guess-first, parse-after solving required. Favourites were 26/27ac and 1dn.
One of those Eye crossies that was over too soon. Only 5 left to go after the first pass and they were, as usual, up the “top end” – some of the first … Read more >>
A plain puzzle in a 12 x 12 grid from Azed this week.
Another carefully-crafted puzzle from Everyman with plenty of trademark multi-part clues. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagrind indicator [x] … Read more >>
An enjoyable trademark Hoskins puzzle. Thanks to Hoskins. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 The royal couple have loads of affairs (9) PHILANDER : [PHIL AND ER](the British royal couple, Prince … Read more >>
If you’d like to have a go at the quiz which featured at this year’s dinner, you can download it from: https://www.jetdoc.co.uk/crossword-and-quiz-links There is also a link on that page to the Crossword … Read more >>
A classic Paul puzzle with misleading definitions and intricate wordplay, along with one typical lavatorial reference.
Ah, Klingsor. It’s been a while. I made fairly steady progress through this one. There were very few write-ins, though: each one required—and indeed rewarded—a bit of a think, which is always an … Read more >>
I was half expecting an April Fools’ Day theme today. (If you’re reading this blog some way in the future, this puzzle was published on 1st April.) I wasn’t 100% sure that it … Read more >>
Phi’s latest teaser brings the latest set of mid-week puzzles to an end. I found this to be an enjoyable and not too taxing puzzle, although I needed to “cheat” by searching Chambers … Read more >>