Never knowingly undersolved
A 1-acrossly constructed puzzle by Crosophile which I found to be fairly difficult in places. Across 1. Nice to see gold suit put back in fancy blue wrapping (9) Beautiful Au + fit< … Read more >>
Great start to the week from Rufus, and slightly more difficult than usual. Favourites included 18ac, 3dn, 5dn and 6n.
Our favourite Dickensian returns to the Quiptic slot to pummel our dozy Monday morning brains.
Kind of a low-tech blog — apologies. I pulled a muscle, can’t get blogging utility to refer to old puzzles, the check is in the mail nd the dog ate my homework. Oh, and … Read more >>
Good stuff as always, and a fairly steady solve that kept me going for a while. I think I’ve been oustmarted by 11 across. I can see roughly what’s going on, but can’t … Read more >>
Fine puzzle from Everyman. Just right for this slot. I liked this one a lot: I think our not so new setter is getting into his stride. Most of the clues don’t take … Read more >>
A very enjoyable puzzle following the Independent on Sunday tradition, which seems to be for straightforward and fair clueing at a moderate level of difficulty. Thank you Poins.
I would be interested to know if the IoS regulars (Poins, Hypnos et al) produce radically different puzzles in other publications or if they are chosen by the IoS editor because this is their natural style.
A characteristically witty puzzle from Paul, including some of his trademark toilet humour.
A strange-looking (horned?) mostly-jigsaw of a grid, and clues laid out in a jumbled order in three different ‘groups’…certainly looks like a curved ball being thrown at us by Artix in THE BIG … Read more >>
I was very glad when I found it was Monk today as he is one of my favourite setters. Last time I blogged a Monk puzzle in the Prize slot back in May … Read more >>
Greetings from Copenhagen!! A pleasurable challenge from Magwitch today. Needed perseverance on a few clues to parse right but nothing to really bother. Thanks Magwitch for yet another treat !!
Great fun from Paul, without being too difficult. Hard to pick favourites, but 21ac got the biggest smile. Thanks Paul.
Friday wouldn’t be the same without Phi now, would it? And here he is with his latest end-of-week offering. I found this a medium-difficulty Phi puzzle and made steady progress through the first … Read more >>
I must have been on Picaroon’s wavelength today, because this all went in very smoothly, even though in retrospect there are a few quite involved clues. (In contrast, I found myself struggling much … Read more >>
Vigo makes a rare appearance today I enjoyed this challenge from Vigo. The clues seem deceptively simple but in the end it took me a while to crack the North … Read more >>