Never knowingly undersolved
It’s time for my biannual Guardian Genius blog and this time Vlad is the setter The preamble stated "Fourteen solutions are derived from seven common word pairs, each having a … Read more >>
Scorpion has the honour(?) of being the first Saturday Crossword available to solve on the Independent online site in the same manner as the usual daily puzzles on the day it is published. … Read more >>
A cat themed puzzle this week. One that brings mangled presents from eight answers these must be removed before entry. Sounds typical of a cat! These then need to be listed under the … Read more >>
I spent a rather uneasy week after the S and B gathering at Macclesfield: when I told Maskarade that I would be blogging his Bank Holiday special, he chortled and told me with, … Read more >>
The last paper copy of the Independent – but not the last puzzle. And one of my favourite setters as the sun finally sets on the printed paper. If you don’t know already you … Read more >>
Well I can see that today is April Fool’s Day, a day on which there is not much point in reading the newspapers since all the writers will be vying with each other to find the most amusing non-story. …
I approached this puzzle rather nervously, in view of the date, as Imogen puzzles can be tricky at the best of times. As it turned out, there was no hidden trickery, unless it’s … Read more >>
Fun crossword today from Sleuth. Made rapid progress thanks to clean unambiguous cluing. Busy day up ahead so unfortunately dont have time to do justice in the preamble.
I’m not sure if I enjoyed solving this or not…
Lots of fun and not too tricky
We found the top half of this puzzle much easier than the bottom. This wasn’t helped by us entering DRAGOON for 30ac. Yes, we knew we couldn’t parse it but we thought … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword / Mar 21, 2016
After a long absence, Crux returns to the Monday slot.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 19, 2016
This is my first blog of a Wiglaf puzzle, which today is occupying the last Wednesday slot of the month when Dac typically takes a well-earned break. I found this to be a … Read more >>
When I see the name Loroso on a puzzle the word that comes to mind is “devious” (as a setter not as a person!). This puzzle does nothing to dispel that thought. Loroso does everything he can to disguise his intentions here. One clue still eludes me. Thank you Loroso for a tricky puzzle.