Never knowingly undersolved
I have a soft spot for Nutmeg‘s puzzles; typical clues are polished gems. Preamble: Down answers are entered with one letter out of place, that letter being moved to the shaded upper/lower … Read more >>
At the risk of repeating myself, I am still not warming to Otterden’s style. Although there are some nice ideas here, but there are just too many examples where, for me, the cryptic … Read more >>
Thanks Scorpion for a good Tuesday workout. We needed a search for our last one in – 23d and then kicked ourselves. Had we realised earlier that it was a pangram we … Read more >>
(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) Thanks to Armonie, for an enjoyable … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) Thanks to Armonie, for an enjoyable and relaxing puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the … Read more >>
Good morning, back to Rufus after last week’s unexpected Nutmeg appearance
() = abbreviation e.g. a(mpere) hom = homophone [] = letters removed I found the parsing of a few of these a bit of a struggle, but on reflection they are mostly reasonable … Read more >>
The lunar eclipse was awesome. Was this Quiptic awesome? Perhaps not, but I’m only your ‘umble blogger. I wouldn’t pay too much attention to my opinion of this puzzle, since I’ve been up … Read more >>
A much more challenging Cyclops than I have blogged of late, and perhaps more enjoyable for it. I will give 17d my accolade for clue of the fortnight, for its clever and misleading … Read more >>
A relatively mild Everyman for me today
Another good Sunday workout from Kairos, if perhaps a shade gentler than last time. No Ninas (ninae?) that I can spot this time around, just a good variety of clues. Last one in … Read more >>
No double or cryptic definitions today but that is not unusual for a Beelzebub puzzle. There was the customary hidden, and a handful or so of anagrams, but I do seem to have … Read more >>
A plain Azed this week I found this to be a fairly standard Azed where 99% of the time you know whether you have got it right. There is one … Read more >>
When we saw that it was a Donk Prize Puzzle this week, we knew we were in for a treat – and we weren’t disappointed. There were some very straightforward clues to get … Read more >>
Prior to this puzzle, there have been a couple of weeks where the EVs had misspellings in the clues’ definitions, which I tend to find rather hard. I’m therefore heartened to see in the preamble that this one has extra letters in the wordplay. There’s some highlighting too, which can sometimes give the puzzled puzzler an extra hint.