Never knowingly undersolved
Today’s mid-week entertainment has been supplied by Gila, one of the newer Indy compilers. I found this to be a rather tough puzzle and I needed to work really hard to finish it. … Read more >>
Knut is a topical setter, whose puzzles clues and entries often contain references to people and incidents of recent weeks Today the puzzle was themed around P45 which enabled a … Read more >>
Well done, that woman. A delightful, accessible puzzle to start the Indy week, with shedloads of great surfaces. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* … Read more >>
Another fine puzzle from Poins in the usual IoS style. Just one solution I am struggling to explain. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* … Read more >>
The scheduled blogger hasn’t turned up today so here is a belated analysis of the clues. For those wondering about the Nina in rows 4 and 12 see here. I don’t know if … Read more >>
Many thanks to Sil for standing in for us while were off on our travels. We’ve missed several Indy puzzles while we were away and are gradually catching up – fortunately we’ve had a full week to get back into the routine, and lo and behold it’s a Phiday!
Today’s slot is occupied by Hoskins, whose work I am becoming increasingly familiar with. Of the crosswords set by Hoskins that I have solved to date, I would place this in the middle … Read more >>
I said last month that I hadn’t blogged a Silvanus very often, so it’s a bit like buses coming in twos or threes that I get another one fairly soon. … Read more >>
Apologies for the slight lateness of this blog. Mild computer problems.
I’d always thought that Tuesdays and Thursdays were the difficult days. Not that this was all that easy, but it was on the easy side of average. On the whole very pleasant, although there are one or two I’m not quite sure about.
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Tees once again to start the week when it’s my turn, not that I’m complaining
Thanks to Raich for this thematic puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. The crossword marks the 80th anniversary today of the signing of Munich Agreement, with the solutions to 1 across, 11 … Read more >>
Is this the first puzzle by Dalibor in the Independent? If so, this was a fine one to open the account. I’m familiar with his puzzles created for the various Sloggers and Betters … Read more >>
It’s Phi-day today, with our regular Friday compiler bringing this week’s set of mid-week puzzles to an end. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, which I managed to solve and parse … Read more >>
Serpent fills the Thursday slot this week I really enjoyed this puzzle as one I found that gradually unfolded rather than one where there were some early write-ins. For me, … Read more >>
It seems that Eccles is becoming an increasingly regular setter on Fifteensquared, filling in many of the Wednesday slots that used to be occupied by Dac. Which is appropriate, for he is a good setter, not the hardest, but always challenging enough and pleasant to solve.
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