Never knowingly undersolved
The puzzle can be found here. Hi everyone. I found the majority of this fairly gentle, as is often the case on Sundays, but half a dozen clues held out on me for … Read more >>
This was a masterclass of brilliant clues … … so many it’s silly to list them. Oh all right: 8 28 19 22 16 1 4 and 5 and that’s not including the ones where … Read more >>
Phi never fails to produce, apparently every Friday, a thoroughly satisfactory workout. Today there is the odd query, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if my misgivings were easily enough explained.
Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
Serpent fills the Thursday slot this week
Hoskins has provided our mid-week cruciverbal entertainment today. We got good value for money from Hoskins today in that the shorter entries – only 5-, 7- and 9-letter lights in this grid – … Read more >>
Maize ushered in 2018 Independent puzzles with a quintuple pangram We don’t even have a single pangram here but we do have lots of something else with the nudge given … Read more >>
A satisfying Monday challenge from Alchemi. A few obscure words and names, and one slightly loose definition, but the wordplay in all cases is clear enough. Some elegantly concise clues and amusing / imaginative surfaces. … Read more >>
It’s Peter and Pierre time again for the IoS crossword. We have always been close, but now we are besties because she has given me a bird. As well as a good puzzle … Read more >>
As the Christmas bells start to ring, a puzzle from Morph to avoid the queues of people spending money on things that nobody needs. What a joy it was – everything I like … Read more >>
It’s Phi-day again and another good puzzle to end the week
Tees has produced today’s puzzle, the second of his crosswords that I have enjoyed solving and blogging in a short space of time. I found this to be a fairly tough, but fair, … Read more >>
It’s nearly two years since I last blogged a Gila Independent puzzle although I have blogged a Gila Inquisitor more recently. I word play at 25 across TABLA until I … Read more >>
There are a few grumbles in the blog, but nothing really of any importance and Punk has as usual delivered an enjoyable crossword.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
An absorbing puzzle with lots of nice clues.
Thanks to Loglady for a puzzle as challenging as any weekday Independent. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Odd features of chakra coach (3) CAR : 1st, 3rd and 5th letters … Read more >>