Never knowingly undersolved
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 >>
Enjoyed this, and was very slow to finish…
A delightful witty challenge from Redshank. Totally enjoyed the experience.. Thanks, Redshank !!
A tough challenge this morning, with a few rather obscure words, but all gettable in the end. Thanks to Imogen. Just in time, I spotted the theme: we have the members of the … Read more >>
Typical Alberich fare this morning, always a joy…
A good example of a national daily cryptic puzzle from Serpent today I started quite strongly with the acrosses in the top half before slowing down. a bit. I found … Read more >>
Another enjoyable Wednesday puzzle for me to solve and blog, thank you Aardvark.
An enjoyable crossword from Silvanus today. If I was being really picky I’d say that rather a lot of the clues require you to leave out bits of, or the majority of, words. But really this doesn’t matter. I can just about understand it all (except for 1ac) and so far as I’m concerned that’s what matters.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
There’s a lot to like about this Picaroon puzzle, but one glaring spelling mistake ruins the whole.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 31, 2018
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.