Never knowingly undersolved
Hob provides Tuesday’s challenge Today, 15th August is the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of JACK LYNCH who was born in CORK in the province of MUNSTER. He was … Read more >>
References in clues: drugs 3; sex/body parts 4; booze 4. Hoskins is in town. Another entertaining puzzle from Harry, which I enjoyed solving and blogging. Some interesting devices, which may well have the … Read more >>
A pleasing Sunday puzzle from Poins with very good surface readings as always. A surfeit of insertions and first-letter indicators, perhaps, but that’s a small niggle. There was a request in Another Place … Read more >>
Oh cripes, it’s that Nimrod again. A challenging solve of course, but with plenty to enjoy. No sign of a theme or nina, at least as far as I can see, but we … Read more >>
Another week is almost over and once again we have a Phi-day to celebrate it. Regulars will be aware that Phi often has themes (sometimes hidden) within his puzzles, but as usual … Read more >>
Tees has provided this Thursday’s cruciverbal entertainment, using a grid that I am more used to seeing in the Guardian than in the Indy. I found this to be an easy puzzle to … Read more >>
This is the first Silvanus puzzle I have blogged and I enjoyed the puzzle overall. ‘The clue I most enjoyed today was the one for FRIENDSHIP at 26 across where … Read more >>
This took me ages, although I have no real excuse. Everything was sound so far as I could see; it was simply very hard. It seems that with Scorpion’s crosswords much of the difficulty lies in the fact that there are so many possibilities at each stage.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
Looks like the Serpent is back to woo us today.
An unusual spot for Monk, who’s more known for setting Saturday Prize puzzles. And for me, this one was only slightly less difficult than one of the former. Are the days when the … Read more >>
Oh good. I get to crack a Knut,
and blog it.
Knut has made a name for including recent events in puzzles and this is no exception.
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.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
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 >>