Never knowingly undersolved
Easter weekend and a puzzle from Monk. At this time of semi-religious celebrations, I did have my own “Road to Damsucus” revelation. Whilst I spend most of my solving time looking at the … Read more >>
This was one of Phi’s hardest, I thought, not helped by several words …
A great Thursday challenge from Knut today. Plenty here to get the old grey matter working. Not being football fans, we had to check 18ac but Bert had at least heard of … Read more >>
Dac is occupying this week’s Wednesday slot, his spiritual home at the Indy. Dac always delivers a set of clean, crisp clues, with plenty of smooth surfaces in evidence. That said, I am … Read more >>
Serpent has given us a good Tuesday challenge today I was pressed for time when I was solving and blogging this puzzle so I was concentrating hard on each clue … Read more >>
Sorry for the delayed posting, I’ve rather had to rush this in my lunch break today
An enjoyable Sunday solve from the Shakespearean one. One or two remote synonyms, I thought, but generally clearly clued. Just a couple where I’m unsure of the exact parsing. Abbreviations … Read more >>
More top quality work from Maize – no fancy themes or Nina (that I can see), but a testing cryptic workout to keep us on our toes… I timed this one at 12:45, … Read more >>
Phi-day again and another great puzzle to end the week. We can’t help feeling that there must be something going on here, but we can’t see it. Can anyone out there find … Read more >>
Hob has provided a themed puzzle for our delectation this Thursday. The blog appears late, for which I apologise. As 27/04 indicates, the puzzle, in its clues and its solutions, is peppered with … Read more >>
I’ve been blogging a few Tees puzzles recently and this one makes a good puzzle for a Wednesday The only word I wasn’t familiar with today was GOLDENROD at 13 across … Read more >>
There is a quite well-known setter who never so far as I can see sets a crossword with more than 28 clues in it. Quite sensible in my opinion: he is being paid for setting a crossword and the payment doesn’t go up if there are more clues than normal. Yet this one has 35 clues. What has prompted Knut to be so profligate? Something must be going on that requires this number of clues.
An enjoyable puzzle from the reliable Crosophile.
Thanks to Hoskin for a hard enough IoS. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 I rent pets or fish out (3,5,6) THE FIRST PERSON : Anagram of(… out) RENT PETS OR … Read more >>
We haven’t blogged a Klingsor for a while, but we always enjoy his puzzles – this was no exception. We can’t see a theme or a nina, but that doesn’t mean there … Read more >>