Never knowingly undersolved
Flirt by Schadenfreude Solvers must complete the grid and highlight seven titles, a phrase common to each appearing only once. The wordplay yielded by each clue leads to the entered answer plus … Read more >>
Dashed hard work for a Tuesday morning including one answer I’ve had to invent. But a fine anniversary puzzle from Gaff. Thanks to him.
A most enjoyable challenge from Vlad this morning. A puzzle brimming with intricate constructions and well-hidden definitions, leading to some rather tricky bits of parsing and lots of smiles as the pennies dropped. … Read more >>
Radian has set the Tuesday puzzle this week for our entertainment. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, which unfolds gradually around the theme of transport. The transport theme is referenced explicitly … Read more >>
I’ve solved a handful of Hamilton crosswords before but this is my first blog of one of his.
Nowadays anything can happen on an FT Monday!
A themed puzzle which I found easy to start but extremely tough to finish.
A very nice mix of clues with strong surfaces, with particular favourites 12ac, 20ac, 1dn and 16dn. Thanks Chifonie.
A fine example of a Quiptic from Pan. Thanks to Pan. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 7 Old knight in control of brotherhood (9) MONASTERY : [ O(abbrev. for “old”) + … Read more >>
Cyclops on top form this fortnight…surface readings, political/establishment targets, and the usual level of schoolboy smuttery… 10A is a great surface reading and an apposite anagram…and 14A hits the spot on many levels…is … Read more >>
It must be several months since a Peter puzzle turned up on blogging day, so this was a pleasant change. A good enjoyable puzzle, if not too challenging. I generally raced through it, … Read more >>
A characteristically devious and topical puzzle for this month’s Genius competition.
As often happens with my Azed solving these days, I filled in most of the grid quite quickly, with the last half-dozen clues taking considerably longer. There are a couple that I can’t … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3720.
What you might call a cerebral offering from Paul this week. I found this a very satisfying solve for a Prize puzzle: the answers revealed themselves at a steady rate, with time to … Read more >>
It’s been a while since I blogged a Punk, a long-time favourite setter of mine, and no doubt of many others. I made a brisk start this time, but slowed considerably after a … Read more >>