Never knowingly undersolved
We enjoyed this offering from Crosophile today. As we said on Thursday, for a crossword to be enjoyable it has to raise some smiles, have some smooth surfaces and is even better when … Read more >>
It’s always a delight for me to see Puck’s name on a puzzle, especially when I’m blogging it, and so my cup ran over when I saw that this was an alphabetical – … Read more >>
As Chambers gives as an example of an Oxymoron – would this puzzle prove to be a form of cruel kindness or would that be falsely true. My tussles with Oxymoron or his … Read more >>
A very easy challenge from Orense and ripe for beginners on the FT.
Phi’s typically good sound Friday offering. I found this on the hard side for him, although progress was steady enough and there were no long pauses while I failed to see the way forward.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
Apart from a couple of very easy clues, this started off looking rather impenetrable, but it yielded gradually and satisfyingly. There are a few rather tricky parsings (including one that is so obscure … Read more >>
The last Klingsor puzzle that we blogged was back in March last year. Once again, we enjoyed the solve. It was tricky in places but one of the criteria for enjoying a … Read more >>
Well, this one was different! Normally I enjoy Hamilton’s puzzles but this one left me rather confused as there seemed to be some extraneous words in several clues (or at least some that … Read more >>
What can I say, particularly at this time of the morning (or rather night). A typical Picaroon, yes. An enjoyable solve, definitely. A challenge, most certainly. Should I have gone to bed instead … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 29, 2016
Fine work from Julius as we have come to expect. Thank you Julius.
Dac is where he belongs this week, occupying the Wednesday compiling slot. I found this particular puzzle to be towards the easy end of the Dac spectrum and made swift progress through it. … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27037.
. . . toil and trouble indeed! The rubric read: Each row and each column is referenced by either of two letters – A or B, C or D, etc. Cells are indicated … Read more >>