Never knowingly undersolved
Thanks to Hypnos for an enjoyable Sunday solve with some nice surfaces. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Trade TUC misrepresented – giving basis for emotional expression? (4,4) TEAR DUCT : … Read more >>
A great Saturday challenge from Serpent today. As we have come to expect, some excellent surfaces and crafty misdirections and no unusual words. We have a small niggle with 5d, but otherwise … Read more >>
Phi is where you would expect to find him today, occupying the Friday slot. I actually found this puzzle to be towards the more difficult end of the Phi spectrum, despite the fact … Read more >>
Tees has presented us with a fairly minimalist crossword today The clues seemed fairly short with basic wordplay in many cases. I counted eight container and contents references where the … Read more >>
Sorry to be a bit late. Out on the toot last night, which at my age doesn’t really mean much, but I didn’t get to bed at the hour usual when blogging the next day.
As always with Dac, all very smooth and little to be said. Perhaps an unusually large number of double-definitions.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
We were very pleased to see that we had a Hoskins to blog this week. We normally have a smile or a laugh during the solve and this was no exception. However, we … Read more >>
Enjoyable and accessible puzzle.
Traditional Sunday fare from the Independent. A roast and two veg crossword, nothing fancy but fits the occasion perfectly. Thank you to Peter.
Haven’t see Tyrus for a bit, so this should be fun. Tyrus is no stranger to the themed puzzle, and the grid certainly looks ripe for a Nina. Not that I seemed to … Read more >>
After a pleasant three to four weeks in Nova Scotia, Quebec and Montreal I’m back in harness with a Phi puzzle to solve and blog. Geography seems to be a … Read more >>
Thursday, and something difficult was to be expected. But most of this went in easily enough, although in the end I did take a bit longer than usual over this very pleasant crossword from Knut.
Punk fills the Wednesday slot this week – and it’s nearly a year since we had the pleasure of blogging one of his puzzles. This lived up to our expectations – with … Read more >>
Radian’s latest puzzle awaited solvers on this rather windy Tuesday morning, windy at least for those of us living in the north of England. I enjoyed what turned out to be a medium-difficulty … Read more >>
Silvanus made his debut in the Indy in March of this year and has been contributing roughly one crossword a month since. I blogged his debut, and enjoyed it; I liked this one … Read more >>
It’s never a chore to draw a Hoskins on blogging day. Great stuff here as expected, and there’s very little I can add. Paced exactly right for a Sunday, with a handful of … Read more >>