Never knowingly undersolved
It’s been a while since I blogged an Arachne puzzle, but this was worth the wait, with clever clueing and characteristic wit. Thanks to Arachne. Possible Nina alert: I notice that JENNER appears … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle from Mudd with the usual mix of mildly cryptic to seemingly obscure clues. Thanks Mudd for a pleasant workout.
I would say that this is a fairly typical Paul puzzle with some easy entry clues and others that need a little more thought (or even a lot!). A bit of Paul’s trademark … Read more >>
Redshank cheered me up this morning
Morph has given us a puzzle today that was an entertaining solve I thought there might be a sports theme with references to car, prize fight, Leeds United, [PSV] Eindhoven, … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 2, 2016
A nice crossword from Hob today (what’s happening? no Dac: I wonder why), although I didn’t quite finish it, 24ac and 4dn defeating me. Oh well, I said, it’ll be all right when I do the blog since the answer will appear. It did, and it also showed me that I’d got 19dn wrong — in my opinion perfectly acceptably.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
An enjoyable puzzle from Monk today – my thanks to him – even if it was towards the easier end of his spectrum (that’s only my opinion of course!). At one time Monk … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26857
Back to normal (I hope). After last week’s monster, and the confused endgame after a tough solve the week before, a puzzle from Schadenfreude – always firm but fair – is a welcome … Read more >>
One for anagram lovers today was the impression I got whilst solving, but on reflection perhaps not that many more than the norm. I wonder how many of you put in ‘sparrow’ for … Read more >>
Standard fare from Armonie
It’s been almost six months since we last blogged a Radian puzzle – and this was worth waiting for. We found there were one or two rather unusual words to cause some head-scratching, … Read more >>
A very poor excuse for a Quiptic. In my opinion. You may choose to differ by commenting below. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram … Read more >>