Never knowingly undersolved
This was a puzzle where the “All Reversed” method was used in the wordplay many more times than usual. Not that I noticed till writing the blog. I’m certainly happy to see Nestor’s … Read more >>
The preamble to THE CREEPING MAN states that:“One letter must be removed from each clue before solving; in clue order, these identify a group of people associated with THE CREEPING MAN. Having completed … Read more >>
Pan has been setting Quiptic crosswords on Mondays ever since their introduction, six and a half years ago and this is his / her [after all this time, Pan’s identity still seems to … Read more >>
Thanks Artexlen, for a reasonably straightforward challenge today.
Phi has given a crossword with a sort of structural theme When I say structural theme, I am talking about the form of many of the entries which are constructed … Read more >>
This was hard work. No real complaints though, since it was all soundly clued so far as I could see, and some of the clues are very good. I particularly liked 7dn, 1ac and 23ac. And 5dn too, despite its reminder of that blemish on a game that is so much loved.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
My first Orense for a while…
Lovely stuff from Picaroon – favourites were 9dn and 22dn.
Monday Prize Crossword / Jan 30, 2017
Enjoyable and (as ever) elegantly clued crossword from Falcon.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 28, 2017
A great puzzle, full of misdirection. I have not blogged a puzzle from Loroso for years, so I am very pleased indeed to get this one. Sorry the blog is delayed but I had Internet connection problems all morning and the puzzle wasn’t easy! Thank you Loroso.
There is one clue I cannot solve, any help would be appreciated.
There’s nothing particularly wrong with this, but somehow it didn’t entertain me as much as Paul’s puzzles usually do. Nevertheless there was some good stuff here – thanks to Paul. … Read more >>
Eccles is standing in for Dac again this week, and it’s fallen to us to blog the puzzle, as we did in January. We found this an enjoyable, straightforward solve, although we did … Read more >>
Preamble: One entry per column contains a clash in one cell, which must be entered in a way consistent with the theme. Wordplay for the other column entry (with the exception of the … Read more >>
Today’s Hamilton is surrounded by drama…