Never knowingly undersolved
duncanshiell Azed provides us with a plain puzzle this week. Azed seems to have been scouring the dictionary for alternative spellings this week. I counted six entries that were not … Read more >>
With a Pasquale Prize Crossword you know you are going to get a well-constructed puzzle, perhaps with a couple of lesser-known words in the entries. Pasquale’s puzzles usually include entries … Read more >>
Eccles has been appearing every Wednesday for the past four weeks rather than the fortnightly sequence he used to follow. This was a typical Eccles puzzle, free from themes and … Read more >>
This is the thirty-second puzzle by Eclogue following the first appearance of this setter in 2012. I have seen reference to Eclogue being the pseudonym for a pair of setters in the past … Read more >>
We haven’t seen much of Wiglaf this year. This is only the fourth puzzle in 2024 from this setter. Some of Wiglaf’s previous puzzles have included themes, but if there … Read more >>
It’s unusual to see a Hoskins’ crossword on a Friday in the Independent series of puzzles. It’s even more unusual to see Hoskins highlighting a serious subject in the grid … Read more >>
We have a Quiptic from Anto this week. The Guardian website describes the Quiptic as ‘a web-only, cryptic puzzle for beginners and those in a hurry’. I’ll go along with … Read more >>
Soup has set quite a few Guardian Geniuses in recent years and he usually provides challenging and original puzzles.
Hippogryph is an Independent setter who has provided 4 or 5 puzzles a year since 2022. His / her work appears in both the daily and the Sunday series. There … Read more >>
Eccles is a regular Independent setter, usually appearing on a Wednesday every two weeks. Eccles focuses on good clues and rarely, if ever, includes a theme in his puzzles. He … Read more >>
We have a puzzle from Chalicea this week which is her 32nd Inquisitor according to Fifteensquared records. The preamble was short and clear telling us that the unclued 16 and 21 … Read more >>
This is the second Filbert puzzle this week following his appearance on Sunday. I thought there were some well-crafted clues with DOUBLE BASS, FATS DOMINO and SAFARI PARK and being … Read more >>
We have a plain puzzle from Azed this week. There didn’t seem to be as many really obscure entries this week compared to some others. However the 1 across and … Read more >>
Phi gives us a puzzle today that covers a wide range of subjects. It’s always interesting to me how much new general knowledge I learn from crosswords. With words like … Read more >>
This is my first blog of a Maskarade jumbo prize crossword although I have solved a few in recent years.