Never knowingly undersolved
It’s Friday – it’s Phi with a fairly typical broadsheet puzzle. Even although it’s Phi I can’t see any obvious theme or message this week. Yes, there were a couple … Read more >>
A nice meaty challenge from Bradman today. Straightforward and for most part, cleanly clued – I have 2 clues which I did have a wee problem with. An enjoyable solve and a good start to the Friday morning.
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26662.
A gentle one from Tees today; gentle at any rate compared with some of the problems he sets. All seemed to fit in quite pleasantly and straightforwardly, although I had some doubts about 8dn until I realised that a train service was transport, and I had to look up 15dn to learn that an impromptu is a speech.
Definitions in italics.
Hurrah! – Orlando returns to the cryptic slot after an absence of almost seven months and I’m lucky enough to be the blogger. Much of this was pretty straightforward, but with Orlando’s characteristic … Read more >>
We hadn’t come across this setter before. An enjoyable crossword, and not at all flimsy.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 15, 2015
Another great puzzle from Monk to stretch the grey matter (to the point where it begins to hurt). Thank you Monk.
A definite sense of déjà vu on many occasions today, so much so that at one point I wondered if this was an old, recycled puzzle intended for the ‘i’ rather than the … Read more >>
Nicely clued, challenging and fun, with some tricky surface misdirection. I particularly liked 27ac, 1dn, 2dn and 10dn. Thanks Picaroon.
Preamble: When the unclued light is filled, the completed grid describes the position before the story started. Solvers must then change the contents of nine cells to describe the position at the end. … Read more >>
Quite challenging for a Tuesday
Punk has produced today’s puzzle with something of a cricketing theme, perhaps to coincide with the end of this summer’s Ashes series this week. Rather oddly, the first clue that I solved is … Read more >>
As is often the case with Nutmeg’s puzzles, I found this quite hard to get into, but in retrospect it’s all very clearly and soundly clued, so a satisfying and enjoyable solve. Thanks … Read more >>