Never knowingly undersolved
A perimeter to be filled in with a maxim and its author – this depicts people who win or lose? And must be obeyed before entering all answers. A bit of a chicken … Read more >>
Maskarade puzzles usually appear at Bank Holidays and, having blogged his Easter one, I wasn’t really expecting to see his name this week – but an alphabetical puzzle is always welcome on a Saturday. I … Read more >>
One the day of the Brexit, if Wanderer was the setter, the solver/blogger could be aptly described as Flounderer.
A Phi crossword of medium difficulty, I found, although it all seems perfectly straighforward now. The mark of a good setter, they say.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
In the light of this morning’s news I’m definitely not in a mood to enjoy crosswords, but trying to look at this one objectively I can see lots of ingenious clueing, including a … Read more >>
We were told that “1,5,17,9 will be tomorrow’s story” and advised to use a pencil. If you haven’t seen the puzzle and wish to solve it, don’t ‘Read the rest of this entry’, … Read more >>
Standard Falcon fare.
For once, I found the hidden theme, after completing the grid. It’s centred around one of Puck’s passions. Thanks Puck. Definitions are underlined in the clues. The INCREDIBLE STRING BAND was formed by … Read more >>
Well, EU Referendum Day, and the Indy goes for a themed puzzle from Hob – based on…..cricket! However, it is the 100th anniversary of the birth of one the most iconic English … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword / Jun 13, 2016
Mudd, making one of his infrequent Monday visits, gave us a puzzle of two halves.
Prize puzzle from the weekend of June 12, 2016
Puzzles from Monk seem to have got considerably easier over the last year or so (easier, not necessarily easy). Do others think the same or have I just finally got the hang of it all?
I was surprised not to find myself on familiar territory today, having expected to have Dac’s latest puzzle to solve and blog this Wednesday. As it was, today provided me with my first … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26917.
This is the “Hi” third of Hihoba, working alone this week as both Ho and Ba are unavailable, so please forgive mistakes – I have not been cross-checked this time! All clues are … Read more >>