Never knowingly undersolved
Last Friday’s blogger, Andrew, said that he was confidently expecting a Paul puzzle that day. When that didn’t happen, I was equally confidently expecting a Paul puzzle on Saturday, since there hadn’t been … Read more >>
“As a gesture of ENTENTE solvers must 1ac 15 43 28 24 44 and complete the tripartite expression at 17 14 12. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
From the preamble to the last Qaos puzzle I blogged, in July: ‘It’s always a real pleasure to find Qaos’ name on a puzzle I’m down to blog – except there’s always pressure, … Read more >>
As efficient a job as one always expects from Phi. Nearly all the answers can be explained simply in one expression, and where I’ve been longer it’s only really because I wanted to … Read more >>
A relatively straightforward challenge from REDSHANK today, thanks to whom for a brisk Friday morning workout. A couple of new meanings/words learnt along the way, but quite gettable from the strong cluing.
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We’ve enjoyed Loglady’s previous puzzles, several of which were in the Independent on Sunday, but we haven’t had the pleasure of blogging a Loglady puzzle before, so this was an interesting first for … Read more >>
A challenger from Neo in today's FT I took a while to get started with this puzzle, but the long perimeter solutions helped, at least in so far as it allowied me to … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27972. I was happy not to have to blog yesterday’s Vlad, but I found this one not an easy puzzle. It is notable for the number of … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 26, 2019 Not much to say about this puzzle. It was perhaps a bit harder than Mudd’s usual. My favourite clue this week is 7dn … Read more >>
I found this a challenging puzzle to occupy the mid-week slot, when in my experience a less taxing puzzle is often set. I think that I have managed to solve all the clues … Read more >>
Vlad is giving us today’s challenge: it’s not easy but a bit of effort is eventually rewarded. A few of these had fairly obvious answers (at least with a couple of crossers) but … Read more >>
Thank you Julius. Everything I could think of for the introduction turned into a spoiler: “a meaty puzzle”, “plenty to get your teeth into”, “food for thought”. I’ll get my coat… ACROSS 1 … Read more >>
When you see Nimrod’s name on an Inquisitor you know that you are in for a challenge. The preamble this week was quite extensive and told us that the 52 … Read more >>
A slow and tough solve, with a lot of clever and witty cluing. Favourites 10ac, 11ac, 3dn, 4dn, 13dn, and especially 23ac.