Never knowingly undersolved
Pierre Filbert’s crosswords are meticulously clued, and the surfaces are carefully crafted too. This means that often there are multi-part constructions, so while solving is always a challenge, parsing is even more so. Some … Read more >>
Harry has compiled the Monday crossword for Indy readers in trademark fashion.
Another pleasing puzzle from Everyman with the usual trademark clues. I have the sense from comments in recent weeks that some of our solvers outside the UK are having difficulty accessing the Everyman puzzle, but I hope they have found a way round that so that they can contribute their thoughts on this one.
Pasquale is always careful and thoughtful with his offerings for the Quiptic spot.
A solid and pleasing cryptic from Major to start the puzzling week in the Independent.
Our longest-standing provider of Guardian Quiptics, Hectence, is on the oche today.
I often struggle with a Filbert Sunday puzzle, and this one certainly had some intricate wordplay; but it fell out nicely in the end.
The usual pleasing cryptic from Everyman. Nothing to frighten the horses, which is as it should be.
A Quiptic that involved this solver in a bit of pencil-chewing in one or two places, but which fell out nicely in the end.
A sound, pleasing and well-constructed puzzle from Deri. Just right for a quality daily cryptic.
Carpathian always gives us a carefully constructed and tractable puzzle for the Quiptic slot, so UK solvers shouldn’t have needed the extra hour today to solve this one.
I don’t know about you, but I seldom finish a Filbert crossword these days in one sitting.
All the usual trademarks present in this week’s Everyman, accompanied by an apology from me for a slightly late blog.
As the football chant goes, Are You Cyclops in Disguise?
Anto has the Quiptic for us this weekend.