Never knowingly undersolved
The puzzle is available here. Hi everyone. Dalilbor brings us a very enjoyable puzzle with a musical flavour, which is all to be expected from this setter. I found it reasonably tricky, … Read more >>
Our regular Phiday challenge.
Tyrus fills the Thursday slot this week.
Tees has provided this week’s mid-week puzzle, the second of his puzzles that I have blogged in less than week. I thoroughly enjoyed this crossword, although I needed to cheat to complete it: … Read more >>
A puzzle from Wiglaf today. Tuesday is usually theme day in the Independent series, but I can’t see anything in the grid that fits the bill. Perhaps Eimi’s puzzle yesterday hijacked … Read more >>
Eimi provides our Monday challenge today. Those who don’t enjoy political comment in their crosswords may want to give this one a miss.
Chewy, occasionally very chewy. Although it was one of those where when I came to write up the blog I wondered why I had found it so tricky. Solving crosswords is … Read more >>
This puzzle kept me pretty busy. The solve was quite hard. I was happy to get 1A immediately, and about half the answers in place over about half hour. But the rest took … Read more >>
For the first time for ages, this has to be a DNF for us.
Tees’ latest puzzle has been set for our entertainment today. I found this puzzle to be towards the difficult end of the Indy spectrum and made rather slow progress through it. In the … Read more >>
As usual, Eccles gives us a master class in the art of smooth clues If I didn’t have grandchildren, I don’t think I would have understood the reference to DORA … Read more >>
Skinny provides our Tuesday challenge this week.
One of those puzzles where it was mostly easy but I was left with 2 or 3 where I had all the crossing letters but was still struggling to think of the answers.
Thank you to Hoskins. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. A character seen on autumn break (4,5) FALL APART : [ A + PART(a character/a role in, say, a play) ] … Read more >>
The penultimate Saturday in November and another tussle with Serpent. This one seemed to take me longer than it should have, which is never a bad thing. Some excellent mis-directions are my excuse … Read more >>