Never knowingly undersolved
Kairos steps in for Dac this week – and we found this quite difficult to get to grips with. Having written up the blog we are now wondering why? Was it the … Read more >>
Ecological by Kruger Preamble: Just over 25 per cent of clues contain a redundant word that must be removed before solving. In clue order, the second or fifth letters of these words followed … Read more >>
Knut has produced this week’s Tuesday teaser, which I imagine had many of us reaching for our dictionaries! This was quite a workout and not just because I didn’t know most of the … Read more >>
Well, I don’t know what’s happened to today’s scheduled blogger. Had I been scheduled to cover this one (ie had I not been standing in at the last minute with the consequential time … Read more >>
For the second week running, a single (unfair?) clue detained me as long as the rest of the puzzle…
Found this pretty tricky, with a few going in without parsing for a while. Favourites were 1ac, 5ac, 18ac and 27ac – thanks, Vlad.
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My second Peter blog and a nice gentle start to the crosswording week
The usual quick solve for a Monday morning. There are fewer of Rufus’s trademark cryptic definitions than usual in this one, but I have quibbles about quite a few of the cues, not … Read more >>
Now this is a coincidence: I blogged Arachne’s last (then) Quiptic (691), before she retired … from the Quiptic at least. Over four years later, I’m delighted to blog her first comeback Quiptic. Enjoyable crossword … Read more >>
With plenty of time between solving this puzzle and the target Monday for publishing this blog, I nevertheless yet again find myself writing this up on a Sunday evening, creaking after doing too … Read more >>
A straightforward plain after last week’s Carte Blanche.
Another good Sunday puzzle from Hoskins. This one all fell into place in a straightforward manner, without any obvious sticking points. As such, there’s very little I can add, though that isn’t in … Read more >>
Vlad set a challenging but very enjoyable Genius puzzle this month. The preamble told us that eight solutions (four being of two words) comprise 6 across 29, which is clued … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3676.