Never knowingly undersolved
Andrew A gentle walk in the park (relatively speaking) after the previous week’s tricky Letters Latent. Thanks to Azed. Across 1 SVARABHAKTI Kasbah TV air waves demonstrating vocalic development (11)(KASBAH TV AIR)* – … Read more >>
I found this quite a tough one, though in retrospect everything is soundly clued. A couple of bits of general knowledge might cause some trouble. Thanks to Imogen Across 9 CHIPOLATA Some … Read more >>
Solid Monday fare from Vulcan. Across 1 POSTBAG Many letters received after a number of animals shot (7)POST (after) + BAG (number of animals shot) 5 LOURING Scowling, dropping some flour in … Read more >>
Things didn’t click today, and I found this quite hard going throughout, but in retrospect most of the parsing is reasonably straightforward, so maybe it’s just me. Thanks to Paul. Across 1 … Read more >>
The welcome sight of Brendan’s name on a puzzle is a promise of and enjoyable, but not too difficult, puzzle, and so it was on this occasion. Thanks to Brendan. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN famously … Read more >>
A very quick solve for me today — almost a complete write-in, in fact — helped by a large number of clues involving full or partial anagrams. I initially thought this might constitute … Read more >>
I found this a bit harder than usual for Qaos, but in retrospect most of the clueing is quite straightforward, so maybe I just wasn’t thinking in the right way. I was led … Read more >>
As I was writing up this blog, it struck me that most of the parsing of the clues is very straightforward: I think more so than usual. Of course there’s the usual helping … Read more >>
Almost all very straightforward clueing this morning from Pan: I think this puzzle would have been more suited to the Quiptic slot, but a pleasant, if brief, diversion nonetheless. Thanks to Pan. … Read more >>
Thanks to Pasquale for taking us into October in fairly gentle style, though as always with a couple of words that may be unfamiliar to some. Thanks also to Eileen for standing in … Read more >>
I wouldn’t call this easy, exactly, but some well-constructed clues meant that I got through it quite quickly. Some political commentary raises its head, as often with this setter, with one particularly clever … Read more >>
A quick solve for me today, helped by…
The words “Genius puzzle” and “Vlad” are a scary combination for a blogger, but this one turned out to be “only” moderate-to-hard on the Genius scale. My way in to the theme was … Read more >>
A typical Vulcan for this Bank Holiday Monday (a rather grey one from where I’m sitting), where most of the clues should cause very little trouble. Thanks to Vulcan. Across 7 FRACTIOUS … Read more >>
A rather busy week meant that I solved this in several short sessions, which perhaps made it seem more difficult than it actually is, but in retrospect most of it looks fairly straightforward, … Read more >>