Never knowingly undersolved
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 >>
This crossword from Puck was a nice Saturday challenge – mostly fairly straightforward with a tricky North East quadrant, we thought. As you expect from this setter there were some clever bits of … Read more >>
I took this puzzle on a golfing holiday to Portugal with the intention of tackling it in quiet moments by the pool. For one reason or another, I never got near the pool, … Read more >>
There will be a meeting for crossword setters and solvers at The George, Borough High Street, Southwark, London, SE1 1NH, coinciding with the annual Times Crossword Championship. The meeting will begin at 11:00 … Read more >>
A fairly typic Vlad experience for me today, where I got off to a good start with some (relatively) easy clues, but then slowed down and took a while to finish off. Even … Read more >>
Unfortunately, we didn’t really enjoy this offering from Phi today. When this happens, regardless of the setter, we both try and analyse why – perhaps today it was the fact that some of … Read more >>
Another brain twister from Wanderer! No clue that could be termed obvious yet upon solving seemed like they should have been easier than they appeared to be. Exactly what a good crossword clue should be. I have 1 clue that I am not sure I have solved fully …
This was my first experience of solving, let alone blogging, a puzzle by S.Park, although a quick trawl through the site reveals that this is the third Indy puzzle published under this pseudonym. … Read more >>
My first Screw (blogging-wise), and the last bit had me almost 23down. Thanks to Screw for a hard but enjoyable one. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Absolute idiot on top of … Read more >>
A very good puzzle let down by repetition.
Monday Prize Crossword / Sep 26, 2016
A Monday without Rufus, and no Dante either!
Time for a pleasant and easy Falcon.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 24, 2016