Never knowingly undersolved
We are currently on holiday – if there are any errors, omissions or anything else that needs a reply we are afraid that we may not be able to deal with it until … Read more >>
This week’s Thursday slot has been occupied by Punk, whose work I rarely have the opportunity to blog. I found this puzzle very challenging and in the end had to resort to the … Read more >>
Knut focuses on topical news in his puzzles. Topicality of course is constrained by the lead times required to get a puzzle compiled, edited and published in a national daily. … Read more >>
Back in April I blogged my first Filbert and wrote:
I enjoyed this crossword by a setter whose crosswords I have never blogged. Previous puzzles seem to have been rather difficult. This one was also on the hard side, but there are some very good clues here and it all just about makes sense after solving.
Nothing has changed. Filbert has continued the good work.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
Crosophile gets us off and running with a reasonably gentle puzzle
Thanks Hoskins for an enjoyable crossword, in solving it as well as reading the clues at face value. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Slaughter back-seat driver? Essentially, yes (7) CARNAGE … 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 >>
As is customary on a Friday, we have a Phi crossword today to round off the latest set of midweek puzzles. I found this to be an enjoyable, medium-difficulty crossword, which I managed … Read more >>
Klingsor provides the Thursday puzzle this week. You can usually expect some classical music references from Klingsor and today we were right in there at 1 across with Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH … Read more >>
I enjoyed this crossword from Eccles. He uses Occam’s razor in his clueing, which is often very straightforward (but nicely testing in places, as I found to my cost with 27ac).
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
It’s well over a year since we last blogged a Raich, so we really looked forward to this opportunity, especially knowing that, being a Tuesday, it was likely to be a themed puzzle. … Read more >>
Entertaining and deceptive stuff from Tees.
Some tricky bits to this one I thought, not the usual Sunday stroll. Thank you Kairos.
We always look forward to Morph’s puzzles, so we were delighted to encounter him today. Lots of ingenious devices get to keep us on our toes. Being a Morph, we expected a … Read more >>
A good example of a national daily crossword today with a good mix of general knowledge and a wide range of cluing. I have tossed a few of the entries … Read more >>