Never knowingly undersolved
A fairly typical Pasquale puzzle, meticulously clued, with elegantly smooth, often witty surfaces and one or two less familiar words. I found this to be one of those puzzles that seem rather harder … Read more >>
This is our 300th blog for 225 – but amazingly this is only the 7th Morph we have had the pleasure of blogging in the five years since we started. We hope that … Read more >>
ALways glad to see a puzzle from the old master
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 21, 2017
Dac is occupying his customary mid-week slot today. I actually found this puzzle towards the tougher end of the Dac spectrum and had trouble with the intersecting 10-letter lights at the heart of … Read more >>
I’m very glad to see a Monk puzzle again on my blogging day. It has been a long time. Super puzzle as always, thank you Monk.
A rare pleasure to see Arachne. Favourites were 25a, 27a, 15d, 19d, and 24d.
There were so many Scottish references (my count was 16) in the clues that it was abundantly obvious, even to a Sassenach, that we had a Burns Night (January 25th) connection in this … Read more >>
Unusually, there was no Paul puzzle in Guardian last week, so here he is early on to compensate – maybe we’ll see him on Saturday as well. I found this one a bit … Read more >>
Punk appears in the Independent series a little bit less than once a month but it’s always a pleasure to see a Punk puzzle There was one clearly defined theme … Read more >>
A tad tougher than Tuesday’s norm, and the better for it.
A bit tricky for a Quiptic, I thought. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions are underlined Across 9 Case … Read more >>
Someone will have to explain 26ac to me… (and Muffin has obliged! – thanks, Muffin!)
Last time around Hoskins was well oiled, a much more sober affair today.