Never knowingly undersolved
(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) The last couple of answers to … Read more >>
A slow burner from Gurney
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) The last couple of answers to be entered proved to be a challenge. Thanks … Read more >>
Scorpion has provided today’s lexical challenge. It has been a while since it has fallen to me to solve/blog one of his puzzles. Scorpion has chosen to mark a special achievement with this … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword / May 9, 2016
It’s Dante. So, mostly easy-ish. And also ‘that last one in’…. Today it was 15ac.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 7, 2016
Easy than avaerage for the FT but interesting nonetheless. I enjoyed the surface readings of many of the clues, something that I often forget to look for when I have my head down on a toughie. Thank you Flimsy.
A good crossword for any readers starting out at solving. You can download a PDF of the puzzle here.
A lovely surprise for a wet morning – Arachne in sparkling form with a puzzle brimming with natty devices, witty topical references and stunning story-telling surfaces, along with well-disguised definitions providing many a … Read more >>
Another puzzle from Dac today with the usual high quality surfaces in the clues Unusually for Dac there was something hinting at a theme today. Either that or Dac has … Read more >>
Samuel ventures out from his home turf of the Telegraph Enigmatic Variations to offer a puzzle in the Inquisitor series this week. The preamble told us that all but … Read more >>
A fairly straightforward offering from Neo, with an appropriate, overtly financial theme.
A pleasant and accessible crossword from Hob. Apart from one or two little things that I don’t quite understand, all seems to be fairly straightforward.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26886.
Anto’s turn in the Quiptic slot this week.
Lots of fun, and I learned a few things along the way. Favourites 11ac, 22ac, and 8dn. Thanks, Rufus