Never knowingly undersolved
Phi is in his spiritual home today, i.e. the Friday Indy slot. I found this quite tough, towards the harder end of the Phi spectrum. There were no particularly long entries in this … Read more >>
It’s a long time since I blogged a Klingsor puzzle so it was good to see one today. There was a good mix of cluing types today which made for … Read more >>
Apart from my complete blank with 18dn, and one or two very slight misgivings (27ac, 28ac, 1dn) the clues here are very pleasant and this is one of Eccles’s (you may notice Eccles’s not Eccles) typical good productions. The clues at 9ac and 6dn are very nice.
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This the 4th Hoskins we’ve blogged since he made his first appearance in the Indy nearly two years ago – and he’s still managing to include his trademark slightly risqué subjects in the … Read more >>
An absorbing puzzle with an excellent variety of clues.
This would be a good puzzle for a lazy Sunday breakfast or lunch. Sadly I no longer get to solve them on Sunday mornings any more as I forgot once too often, so now I have to solve and write them up earlier in the week, which may be efficient but misses the point somewhat. Thank you Peter.
As July comes to a close, a puzzle from Serpent to ease the misery of The British summer. I’m really starting to enjoy Serpent’s cluing – precise but with a little doubt thrown … Read more >>
Phi has given us a puzzle today with lots of the types of clue I enjoy solving. There are a lot of clues where the wordplay has many parts. That … Read more >>
That was hard work. Quite apart from the fact that many of the clues referred to a not particularly easy answer and so there was an extra slowness at the start, it was difficult. Or so I thought at the time.
But it was good.
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Dac’s back in his Wednesday slot again this week. We found this a little trickier than your average Dac, but it eventually all fell into place, aided by the expected excellent … Read more >>
Crosophile’s latest teaser occupies the Tuesday slot this week. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle and one which I had to chip away at gradually, without ever triggering a flurry of … Read more >>
A quick search suggests that it’s over three years since I had a Tees to blog. I was engaged by this offering, so have gone on a bit. Apologies in advance to folk … Read more >>
I made something of a slowish start here for some reason, but got into the flow of things soon enough. The main holdups were in the top right, with 5 and 11 across … Read more >>
A rare appearance from Quaiteaux – an unfamiliar setter to me and, judging by a trawl through this site, a first Indy puzzle since November 2015..so welcome back! An enjoyable, eclectic(?) mix – a Greek letter, modern-day … Read more >>
When is a crossword by Phi anything other than quietly sound? All the clues here admit of quite simple explanations although of course they’re not always all that easy to solve in the first place.
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