Never knowingly undersolved
I struggled with this a bit, but after getting a foothold in the various parts of the grid, the rest came with a bit of brainwork. Some good clues, though. … Read more >>
A fun but hard variant of the typical Azed — we ended up solving as a team (thanks Jutta, Martin, Frank!) — given the title, at first thought that likely theme is Armistice Day (Nov 11) or Guy Fawkes day (Nov 5) — turned out to be the latter — “remember, remember, the fifth of November” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night. To be clear, the theme was basically replace male names in answers with female names (“penny for the guy”) as exemplified by 1A.
I rarely seem to draw a Hoskins on blogging day, but it’s certainly a relief after two Nimrods on the trot. It officially being Remembrance Sunday, I did wonder whether we might see … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3657.
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