Never knowingly undersolved
There is something reassuringly familiar about logging on to one’s computer and finding that one’s Wednesday morning crossword has been set by Dac. And, of course, Dac has not disappointed, providing us with … Read more >>
I would call this an enjoyable and straightforward except for there being one clue I cannot explain, so perhaps not so strightforward after all. Can someone help me out please! Thanks Gurney.
Here’s the second Chifonie puzzle I have blogged in two weeks – after a rather long absence, Chifonie appears to be back! A straightforward puzzle, with a characteristic medley of anagrams, charades and … Read more >>
A large 14×14 grid and lots of clues (50) to solve this week. And anagrams galore! The rubric read: All grid entries are real words or phrases. In each across clue, a jumbled … Read more >>
Tramp is as difficult and as fun as always…
A crossword today from Hoskins with a couple of names or geographical locations as well as some slightly unusual words among the entries. The appearance of names and unusual words is … Read more >>
Easy-peasy but far from boring. A very nice puzzle from Crux this morning.
This little baby took some considerable time to put to bed. I tried singing and cuddling, but there’s still one I don’t understand; so Nutmeg’s puzzle is still not quite asleep. … Read more >>
It’s fairly unusual to see Phi on a Monday, so this was a rare treat for me. After a run of quite difficult Monday puzzles, it was also nice to have something a little easier to get one’s teeth into. I thought this was very enjoyable and was able to keep going without long periods of getting stuck.
In retrospect a fairly typical Rufus, with lots of cryptic and double definitions, though it seemed a bit harder than usual when I was solving it. Thanks to Rufus] … Read more >>
It’s Private Eye. It’s Brummie. You get what you expect. A middlingly difficult puzzle. Half in after the first pass and nothing that didn’t submit after a bunch of crossing letters were in. … Read more >>
This seems to be becoming a regular occurrence, my blogging the Everyman. As usual, most of the puzzle was impeccable but this week I do have one quibble. I assume that 19ac is … Read more >>
An Azed plain competition puzzle is this week’s offering This puzzle was the usual mix of everyday words and obscure words with some Scottish words thrown in for good measure. … Read more >>
I simply cannot get on this setter’s wavelength, which must be frustrating for him because I seem to end up blogging the majority of his puzzles. It took me three goes to finish … Read more >>
Well…… this was a bit of a ‘tour de force’ by Hob. It wasn’t until Joyce came to write up the blog that Bert suddenly worked out the parsing for 24d and 19d. … Read more >>