Never knowingly undersolved
mc_rapper67 An interesting looking grid from Artix with the THEME LINE – 13×13, but missing the corners, so only 165 cells to fill! – and some rare-ish mirror symmetry…what ‘line’ will we be taken … Read more >>
An enjoyable Cyclops solve – some politics, some smut, some more politics and then a bit more smut… Trump gets four mentions in the clues – although two are just to get to … Read more >>
Paul often lets his quirkiness run free when he is let loose in the (almost-)anything-goes Wild-Wild West frontier of the Genius… …and he doesn’t disappoint here! The preamble states that: “2 11 by 21 … Read more >>
Two Saturday Klingsors in a row for me – on our five-weekly schedule – as the Indy cryptic verges on a new millennium… This seemed to be a mixed bag of some pretty … Read more >>
A physics-based puzzle from Encota – will my 35-year-old Physics ‘A’ Level be of use? Will there be an ADM (apple-drop moment), rather than the usual PDM?… The preamble states that; “Three pairs of entries … Read more >>
When you have Charles, Brenda, Trump, Clinton, May, Boris, Thatcher, Corbyn and (Jeffrey) Archer all making appearances in the clues, it has to be a Cyclops! Quite light on the smut-tery for a … Read more >>
A nicely constructed grid and a reasonably challenging puzzle in REMAINDER from Gaston this week… The preamble states that: “This week, a large thematic group are bound for the entry in the central … Read more >>
Cyclops is pretty much on-the-button this fortnight, with some familiar establishment targets, and a recently-resigned minister, to boot… Some historical references too – MUSSOLINI, Queen Vic’s (apocryphal?) saying – (we are) NOT AMUSED … Read more >>
If this puzzle from Klingsor was a meal, I rushed through the starter, and choked on a couple of small bones towards the end…but was left with a sweet taste overall… I made fairly … Read more >>
A complex and multi-layered EV this week, which I think I solved, and definitely submitted, but can’t fully explain… The preamble states that: “The puzzle’s theme is a six-word phrase. A word that … Read more >>
A fairly routine puzzle from Cyclops…nothing obviously topical or too complicated… …which is handy, as I am currently ‘walkabout’ in Australia on a family holiday, with minimal spare time for solving/blogging. A quick … Read more >>
A fairly tough Saturday workout from Punk this weekend… …nothing obvious (to me) on the thematic/Nina front, but some complicated parsings and nice surface readings. PORK SCRATCHINGS, GENE SIMMONS and LEAD SINGER among my … Read more >>
Some nifty footwork from Samuel this week…
Cyclops has his finger on the Brexit pulse this fortnight…if it still has a pulse?… …with references to the scheming Boris, ‘pathetic Remoaners’, a ‘burnt-out’ UKIP leader and loathesome Lords. A passing mention … Read more >>
I found this a fairly gentle (but enjoyable) workout from Monk… …with a Nina to boot – although I only spotted it as I struggled to get my last one, 2D DIVE, in… (Mental … Read more >>