Never knowingly undersolved
I suspect this is the Paul puzzle which appeared on line for a while by mistake on the day Rufus’ retirement was announced – in which case, perhaps some of you did it … Read more >>
My first blog for 2018 is from a familiar setter to feature on Fridays. Thanks Bradman for a gentle workout to get the year started.
Sorry, rather late again. I spent too much time in the small hours listening to the cricket and as a result it was suddenly 8.25.
The usual nice crossword from Phi. Uncontroversial I think, and all seemed to be easy enough, at any rate in retrospect (although I realised afterwards that I’d forgotten to do that nine holes answer, which is what it almost certainly was although I’d never heard of it). But this is not to say that at the time of solving it wasn’t as much of a challenge as it always is.
As seems to happen regularly, Vlad softened me up with a few easy clues, but left me struggling afterwards. Still, I got there in the end, and it all looks perfectly reasonable in … Read more >>
An entertaining puzzle from Paul to brighten a very dull morning. A medley of some easy charades [8ac and 13dn] and insertions [9ac and 5dn] and some very neatly crafted clues [15ac 14dn and … Read more >>
A really good challenge from Tees today. All very sound clues – we particularly liked 17ac and 29ac for their neat surfaces. Across 9 21’s 23 for 14 animal’s resting-place? (3,6) … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here.
This was the bumper double-grid Christmas crossword from Maskerade. Unfortunately, we found this very hard, and not terribly enjoyable as result – it’ll be interesting to find out what the rest of you … Read more >>
As usual at this season, we have a themed Christmas Crossword set by Gozo. And unusually, if I remember correctly, we have a Christmas Crossword with a number. The themes are famous cats … Read more >>
Hoskins has been quite prolific of late and has provided this first Wednesday challenge of 2018. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, less taxing than some of Hoskins’ recent offerings. My … Read more >>
An excellent puzzle. Thank you Aardvark.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27396.
This may sound sad, but I’m starting to write this on Christmas morning. My daughter is asleep in the next room, having been woken in Richmond by planes coming in to Heathrow at … Read more >>
A stylish start to the year from Crux.
A great way to start my blogging year – a puzzle from Picaroon! There are a couple of excellent anagrams here, at 17ac and 3dn, along with the customary witty wordplay, definitions and … Read more >>