Never knowingly undersolved
Predictably, the job of compiling today’s puzzle has fallen to Phi. I found I had to work steadily away at these one, from beginning to end, with no single solution triggering a slew … Read more >>
Tramp rounds off an excellent, if challenging, week in fine style with a puzzle teeming with references to Alfred Hitchcock and his films, though I think there’s only one place where knowledge of … Read more >>
Back from walking the dogs to a gentle Thursday crossword. Thanks, Sleuth
This was a good puzzle from Hieroglyph with some interesting cluing. I’m not sure what the purists will make of WARHEAD in 11 across to define W and WHIPPET in … Read more >>
Thanks to Picaroon. Once I got going, it was an enjoyable solve. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Cloistered away, hiding name that is embarrassing (12) INCONVENIENT : [IN CONVENT](where one would … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword / Jun 29, 2015
This was perhaps my quickest Monday solve ever. Very easy puzzle for the more experienced, ideal crossword for beginners.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 27, 2015 Here we have another great puzzle from Mudd. My clue of the week is the &lit. 12a (CUBA). Other excellent clues are 31a … Read more >>
Not too easy and not too hard, just right. Many times I thought I had come to a complete stop but each time I found just one more chink that showed the way to another solution. Thanks Aardvark, very enjoyable.
Only yesterday I was reading the view of someone that we are in a golden age of crosswords. We are certainly in a golden age so far as Dac is concerned, since for the past several years he has almost weekly produced a perfectly-formed object.
THee puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26618.
A 10×15 grid for this week’s offering from Gila. (So the two side by side grids with the solution to #1390 fitted neatly underneath.) Preamble: Mistakes appear in twenty-three clues in the … Read more >>
I always enjoy Imogen’s puzzles but I was rather alarmed, since I was blogging this one, not to have entered a single across clue on the first pass. However, 1dn got me started … Read more >>
What a great puzzle from Knut today – many thanks for the fun. This is a really ingenious construction with many references in both the clues and the entries to the Greek … Read more >>
Thanks Neo, for an enjoyable, not too hard (including the long answers) puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Engaged with number due at ground made less (10) ATTENUATED : AT(engaged with, … Read more >>
Goodness, it’s many a moon since we last saw a Quiptic from Beale. Perhaps the editor was tidying out his filing cabinet and found this one at the back. I found it hard. … Read more >>