Never knowingly undersolved
It wouldn’t be Wednesday without Dac now, would it? This was another vintage Dac, in my humble opinion, this time one of medium difficulty on a grid that I did not recognise, with … Read more >>
I romped through most of this fairly quickly, with just a few hold-ups at the end. One word that was new to me, though easy to guess from the cue and crossing letters, … Read more >>
A new setter this week, welcome Bics! A brief preamble: Solvers must 32 seventeen 9s. Corrected definitional misprints in sixteen clues may assist. The two-word explanation thus revealed must be written below the … Read more >>
Well, that was fun, fiendish, but fun.
A slightly quirky puzzle from Tees today, but we shouldn’t really be surprised by that. Once the long answer had been solved, the remainder of the grid fell quite easily. … Read more >>
I could nit-pick and quibble about several clues but I’m not going to, I’ll leave that up to you if you feel so inclined. My main gripe is the use of ‘in X’ … Read more >>
I enjoyed this one, as I usually do with a Pan puzzle. What did you think? My objective for today is to get a lurker to make his or her first comment, since … Read more >>
Monday and it is my week to do the Indy, unlike last week when I posted only to see I’d been beaten to it…
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26604.
Whistled through this one quickly getting over half in on the first pass and dealing with the remainder without too much fuss, until stuck trying to work out how the wordplay of 11A could possibly … Read more >>
Sometimes I find it difficult to think of something to say in the preamble and today is one of those occasions. As usual, there were some new words, for me, but nothing that … Read more >>
Hi all,
Judging by the time taken, a slightly easier crossword from our new, tougher Everyman setter.
Azed has given us a carte blanche this week, the sort of thing he doesn’t often do, leaving his specials for when they are really worthwhile, the first Sunday of the month when … Read more >>
An unexceptionable puzzle from Commoner. And that’s meant as praise, because the IoS is meant to be an accessible prize crossword where lesser mortals can have a go at winning. Just one this … Read more >>
The preamble this week told us we needed to uncover a murder mystery novel, the title of which was cryptically represented. This was probably given by the title of our puzzle, but I … Read more >>