Never knowingly undersolved
Schadenfreude shows up here about every couple of months. Preamble: Seven of a set of ten are to appear clockwise in the perimeter. The initial letters of single words to be removed … Read more >>
Sorry Knut – you have landed us again. Not that we’re complaining! You did however give us the run-around during the solve. It’s Tuesday and the setter is Knut so we were … Read more >>
Thanks to Sleuth for an enjoyable crossword. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 A guy’s moved about romcom’s opening? It’s overly sentimental (6) SUGARY : Anagram of(… moved) A GUY’S containing(about) … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27479.
A rather tricker Monday morning puzzle than we’ve become used to…
The line-up for the Monday slot continues to intrigue and this morning it’s Arachne who rather surprisingly pops up – but I’m not complaining! I hope that relative beginners and those who like … Read more >>
A typically sparky puzzle from Vigo. None of the clues were too difficult.
A pleasing mixture of straightforward charades, insertions and anagrams, which hit the Quiptic spot for me. What did you beginners think? Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad … Read more >>
Once again I’ve forgotton to blog this in advance, sorry about that.
We have a plain Azed competition puzzle this week … Well it was presented as plain puzzle, but given the date of publication, it was a case of ‘Solvers beware’…. … Read more >>
A straightforward and not too difficult puzzle without it being bland or boring. Having blogged a lot of puzzles of all types over the years I am coming to appreciate how hard it is for a setter to get both of these elements right at the same time. Thank you Hypnos.
I’m struggling with this month’s Genius by this setter’s Guardian alter-ego – in fact I’ve got hardly anywhere with that. Thank goodness this puzzle wasn’t quite as tricky as that. It was pretty … Read more >>
Stick Insect seems to have averaged one or two EVs a year since 2013-or so, and I think I have attempted/solved most of them, but this is the first of his I have … Read more >>
I enjoyed this very much. Thank you Gozo.
A highly entertaining puzzle from Qaos today,with lots of ingenious cluing, including innovative anagram indicators, and several smiles during the solve. In a Qaos puzzle, once the solving and parsing are done, there’s … Read more >>