Never knowingly undersolved
A Cyclops puzzle that I found slightly tougher on the journey through solving but which was somehow completed all of a sudden. I only got about 10 answers in on the first pass, … Read more >>
Apologies for lateness of this post, and the terseness and shoddy formatting of what follows (IT issues). Great puzzle, with consistently strong clueing, and one absolute corker (to my mind at least). Across … Read more >>
Due to IT problems, the blog for this puzzle has been delayed. It will be published as soon as possible, either later today or tomorrow.
Peter’s second puzzle for the Sindy, and for the second time it falls to me to solve and blog it. No sweat – it was a good puzzle with some pleasing surfaces and … Read more >>
I enjoyed this very much. Not too hard but with plenty of opportunity to browse through Chambers looking for interesting words. Thank you AZED.
I’ve read that some find Nestor to be at the easier end of the Saturday Independent spectrum, though I’m not sure that I’ve always agreed. There was some lovely stuff in here either … Read more >>
An excellent puzzle from Paul – thanks perhaps to getting the theme pretty early, I didn’t find this too hard, but it still look a few tries over the week to complete it … Read more >>
A smaller than average grid for me this week — just 11×11 and 22 cells to be highlighted. Each across clue contained an extra thematic word, the first letters of which give an … Read more >>
Apologies for the delayed blog – a combination of some technical difficulties and much staring at 24ac… given up on the latter for now, but won’t check comments for a while to give myself more time. Enjoyed 10/20, 12ac, 2dn and 13dn. Thanks Paul
An unusual visit from Orense today this Friday, thanks to whom for a clean pleasant challenge. I stumbled, on a couple of clues especially in the NW quadrant and needed a little push to get over the line.
Phi-day again and another enjoyable puzzle to end the week. We found one or two clues slightly more ‘clunky’ than we have come to expect from Phi, but that didn’t unduly spoil the … Read more >>
Four mini-puzzles from Peto.
When I blogged Brendan’s last puzzle I didn’t expect to have the pleasure of doing another one just over two weeks later. However, today’s date is significant, especially to an Irishman… …16 June … Read more >>
It has been a while since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle set by Klingsor. I normally struggle to complete his puzzles, but today, perhaps because of the pressure of … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword / Jun 6, 2016
This was probably the quickest Dante solve I ever experienced.