Never knowingly undersolved
Hob has provided today’s cruciverbal entertainment. I found this to be quite a challenging puzzle overall. It was certainly hard for me to finish it and to parse everything satisfactorily, even though it … Read more >>
I struggled a bit with this, as I sometimes do with Hamilton. Some clues were a little unconventional…
A challenge, but worth the effort.
A puzzle who’s cds and dds give it a Rufus-like flavour. Thanks Anto. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Walks twice as fast with more room between the lines (6,7) DOUBLE … Read more >>
A nice mixture of clues, mostly on the easy side but a few that had me scratching my head for parsings.
Several clues in this puzzle where I had an inkling of the answwer but could not justify it until understanding some surprisingly convoluted wordplay. For example 5A, which I tackled early on, POSTURE seemed … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found athttps://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27353.
Presumably just by coincidence, this jigsaw puzzle appeared the day after an alphabetical jigsaw by Paul as the Guardian prize puzzle. I see that, also by coincidence, I blogged the two previous examples, … Read more >>
My second chance on the trot to lock horns with Hoskins as part of the Sunday rotation, which is by no means a complaint. The usual good fun here: lots of very smooth … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3708.
Armistice day and a puzzle from Serpent, who is rapidly becoming a favourite setter of mine. Serpent’s usual high quality clues were in evidence. The physicist in me liked 22dn whilst the humour … Read more >>
I blogged Paul’s last Alphabetical puzzle and began my preamble with, ‘It’s always good to see an alphabetical puzzle in the Prize slot…and this proved to be a satisfying challenge.’ I can say … Read more >>
“A set of three small numbers is integral to the theme. These numbers taken in order identify letter-positions in successive groups of three clues, with the title regarded as the 36th and last clue for this purpose. In clue order the letters spell out an instruction to be applied to those cells which would need to contain a pair of letters if clue answers are to fit the cells available, whose number is given in brackets. These letter-pairs must not be entered. When read in conventional grid order, one letter from each spells out the originator of the theme, to be written under the grid; the others describe where it may be seen. CHOPS AND CHANGES to the completed grid are not required. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
When is a Phi crossword anything but workmanlike and pleasantly sound? At my iu3a group the other day I gave everyone a Phi to do and it was much appreciated.
Another superb Friday treat, this time from Alberich, thanks to whom for presenting a challenge that was equal parts fun as it was clever.