Never knowingly undersolved
Well in the week that the Independent announced its departure from the newsagent stands – a tussle with Nimrod beckons and perhaps my last ever blog of an Independent crossword. I for one … Read more >>
I really enjoy Brummie’s crosswords – always entertaining and often with interesting vocabulary and wordplay. I didn’t spot any particular theme here; the notable thing that jumped out at us were a couple … Read more >>
It looked like it would be an easy week for me here. It was a small 10×6 grid, and there were only twenty clues, with no misprints or extra letters, and what seemed … Read more >>
I felt smaller than David in attacking this challenge from Goliath. I managed to get there in the end, but the parsing for a couple of clues evaded me, for which I turned to Gaufrid for help. Thanks Goliath, for raising crossword hell.
This is the fourth Picaroon puzzle in a row that has fallen to me to blog – absolutely no complaints from me but I suspect there may be from some of my fellow-bloggers. … Read more >>
Another great Phi-day puzzle, and one that we found a bit trickier than usual. As it’s Phi, we’re sure there is a theme, but we haven’t been able to find it yet. There … Read more >>
This lookoed like it would take a little “time” at first, but actually it wasn’t that hard once I got into it.
It has been a while since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Anax, so I sharpened my pencil with relish when I discovered today’s puzzle. This crossword took me … Read more >>
Nice and mostly simple – favourites were 24ac and 13dn. Thanks, Chifonie.
Monday Prize Crossword / Feb 15, 2016
Dante – the perfect remedy for those who dislike a Rufusless Monday.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 13, 2016
I don’t get to blog Magwitch very often which is a shame as I really enjoyed this puzzle. Thanks Magwitch.
A very satisfying puzzle from Philistine today, with lots of clues that seemed impenetrable at first but gradually yielded, including a few where the letters of the answer literally appear in the clue, … Read more >>
As this is the last Wednesday of the month. Dac gives way to one of his colleagues. Today it is Quixote I’ve been blogging on fifteensquared since November 2007 and … Read more >>
This was Serpent’s second puzzle in the Inquisitor series and an entertaining challenge it was too. We had a preamble of average length which told us that "sixteen clues lead … Read more >>