Never knowingly undersolved
Phi-day again and another great puzzle to end the week. We can’t help feeling that there must be something going on here, but we can’t see it. Can anyone out there find … Read more >>
A themed puzzle from Crucible today, which I enjoyed, having agreed to stand in for the scheduled blogger. The theme is 20,22, a 23ac by 7, so well known that I’m sure you … Read more >>
Sorry for the delay, but the puzzle didn’t appear online until after my lunch break, so I have had to sneak a few minutes this afternoon to get the puzzle done.
Hob has provided a themed puzzle for our delectation this Thursday. The blog appears late, for which I apologise. As 27/04 indicates, the puzzle, in its clues and its solutions, is peppered with … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27463.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 10, 2018
My apologies for the delay in posting: I had no internet access earlier and I had to go out before it was restored. It’s the vernal equinox and from here, at least, it … Read more >>
Excellent as ever. On many of these clues the solution became apparent long before the explanation, there is one that still eludes me. Thank you Monk.
I’ve been blogging a few Tees puzzles recently and this one makes a good puzzle for a Wednesday The only word I wasn’t familiar with today was GOLDENROD at 13 across … Read more >>
Eclogue is becoming a fairly regular setter of Inquisitor puzzles. This week, the preamble stated that "In clue order the correct letters from misprints in definitions provide the opening to … Read more >>
A themed challenge from Pabus today but not an entirely fair one, imho.
There is a quite well-known setter who never so far as I can see sets a crossword with more than 28 clues in it. Quite sensible in my opinion: he is being paid for setting a crossword and the payment doesn’t go up if there are more clues than normal. Yet this one has 35 clues. What has prompted Knut to be so profligate? Something must be going on that requires this number of clues.
A quicker solve than usual for a Qaos…
Matilda’s turn in the Quiptic slot this week.
An enjoyable puzzle from the reliable Crosophile.