Never knowingly undersolved
Andrew It was a great pleasure to find Nutmeg as the setter on my return from a couple of weeks away in the Highlands (thanks to Gaufrid for standing in for me). No need … Read more >>
As seems to happen with monotonous regularity with the Genius, the first challenge was to get hold a usable copy of the puzzle. First the “printable version” link led to a blank grid … Read more >>
Mostly quite gentle by this setter’s standards, with some very easy clues to get us started, but also some trickier ones,
Setters continue to be inspired by the UK political situation… …specifically in this case mostly by Theresa May, and other meanings of her surname. I found this quite hard, with some tricky clueing … Read more >>
This was my quickest Azed solve for quite a while: I found I’d written in 13 answers after my first pass though the clues, and most of the rest followed easily (albeit with … Read more >>
Only a couple of double definitions today, but otherwise a fairly standard Rufus, with eight cryptic definitions. I found it very easy even by his standards. Thanks to Rufus. … Read more >>
Paul is in cheeky mode today, with several clues using the word “randy”, and various words that rhyme with it. There’s another mini-theme – presumably unrelated – with links to 22a. Good fun … Read more >>
A topical puzzle from Picaroon…
Some good Puckish fun today… … with a bit of a numerical theme around the boundary. I’m baffled by 26a – commenters to the rescue please.. Thanks to Puck … Read more >>
Rather to my surprise, I got through about half of this pretty quickly, but then slowed down a lot, and almost ground to the halt for the last few. No obvious theme that … Read more >>
I rattled through the top half of this very quickly, but for some reason took a little longer on the bottom. Some rather weak clues in my opinion, so not greatly to my … Read more >>
I have a vague feeling that Azed has done a special of this kind before, but I could be wrong. (In case anyone hasn’t spotted it, the title “Dry Soldier” is an anagram … Read more >>
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 >>
When I blogged Brendan’s last puzzle I didn’t expect to have the pleasure of doing another one just over two weeks later. However, today’s date is significant, especially to an Irishman… …16 June … Read more >>
As usual with Chifonie, a fairly straightforward puzzle, though not as much as a write-in as I sometimes find him. There seem to be a lot of inclusion-type clues, with fewer of the … Read more >>