Never knowingly undersolved
beermagnet Our one-eyed friend provides the fun at the back of the mag as usual. Some relatively easy clues this time I felt, particularly those with long definitions, but not to the extent of … Read more >>
Good Lord what a fantastic puzzle. It looks like Rodriguez is settling into a Saturday slot each month, and I’m the lucky blogger to get this one. I hope that’s enough initial praise … Read more >>
Another solid puzzle in the Eye style. I solved this in the normal manner having forgotten it was my turn to blog and particularly enjoyed it. It doesn’t take very long to subsequently … Read more >>
When I saw Phi had been given the Saturday slot I thought we would be in for a May Day special.
But I see no theme in here. Just excellent clear clues as usual from Phi.
My anagramming ability was lacking when starting this puzzle. I fiddled about with the anagram fodder for 1d for a while but did not see the answer before moving on to find easier … Read more >>
This was a puzzle I had to pick away at a bit at a time. I never seemed to get a grip on it during the solve. The few answers I got on … Read more >>
Back to a milder puzzle compared to the last issue… … and whereas we had Vaccination at the heart of that puzzle we have been infested by a row of crazy Anti-Vaxxers in … Read more >>
I found this hard. Really, really hard. As such, it is an excellent tool to discover the limits of your own capabilities. Which is what the theme was all about. Not that I … Read more >>
There should be more pianolas in the world. 10a Pianola was my first in from the clear anagram and cheeky definition. A schoolfriend’s mum had a pianola and I loved playing it. Everybody … Read more >>
So, after the exigencies of the Xmas monster, we expect not just return to normal, but a more gentle puzzle to let us get over the new year hangover. What we got was … Read more >>
So here we are again, the calendar has turned and I have landed a Saturday Nimrod When tackling it I didn’t bother to time myself, I knew it would take ages. It definitely … Read more >>
I found this quite hard. I may have been misled by getting 1a near instantly. Not sure why that is such a obvious anagram. I most certainly slowed down after that. There may … Read more >>
This was another puzzle on the tough side for the Eye. I certainly made heavy weather of it. It didn’t seem that way at the start. First clue solved, 12A, was after trying … Read more >>
I always find Wiglaf’s puzzles to be on the hard side, and this grid is one of those where it feels like 4 mini crosswords one in each corner. So although I was … Read more >>
I thought I might get the whole thing done in one pass, but ran out of steam with 5 to go mainly in the top left. Just as well really. When I got … Read more >>