Never knowingly undersolved
Nutmeg has been a regular Quiptic setter since the puzzle’s inception eighteen years ago. She has delivered another thoughtful and sound offering for beginners this morning. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition … Read more >>
Pan continues to settle comfortably into the Monday slot. I enjoyed this solve of a generally straightforward puzzle, with enough quirks – unexpected definitions at 8 and 9ac, nifty devices at 12ac and … Read more >>
No hallucinatory drugs were used in the construction of this blog, but this setter’s past form may have led me to imagine one or two things that aren’t really there. … Read more >>
Fairly straightforward offering from Armonie. Thank you!
The Observer crossword / Jan 21, 2018
Another excellent offering from many solvers’ favourite Sunday setter.
A gentle Sunday solve from Alchemi, with a couple of inventive clues that I particularly liked. The only hold ups were caused by my own muppetry. When you’re trying to solve a clue … Read more >>
I filled the grid quickly enough, probably because of a lower than usual obscure word count. Explaining the clues took longer than usual, there is still one explanation that is not quite there. Thank you Azed.
Apologies for the late post – work stress over the past weeks and calendar incompetence combined meant that I totally forgot I was meant to be posting about this one. Anyway, I thought … Read more >>
A double carte blanche with 2 missing clues and merged clues. At least the clues in are normal order, albeit without the word lengths. If that was not enough, a four word phrase … Read more >>
Looks like the Indy and our fifteensquared rota are aligned and brings a Tees to blog again – suits me. I remember some years ago I found Tees’ puzzles very hard. I know … Read more >>
It’s not giving anything away to say that we have a fishy offering from Boatman this morning. One good thing about blogging this was that there was no fear of missing a hidden … Read more >>
A typical Friday offering from BRADMAN, and a solid challenge which I found somewhat tough in parts …
Another end to the week and another Phi to solve. However, we still have some of this week’s Indy puzzles yet to solve as the Inquisitor crossword in the i newspaper last Saturday … Read more >>
Some lovely cluing and tough at the beginning
Filbert has provided today’s cruciverbal teaser for our (pain and!) pleasure. This was my first attempt at solving and blogging an Indy puzzle by Filbert and I found it a real challenge, towards … Read more >>