Never knowingly undersolved
This is our first blog of a Serpent puzzle. Although he has been around setting daily cryptics for the Independent for a while, we remember him more for the excellent Inquisitor puzzles that … Read more >>
Once every four weeks I go ten days without blogging a crossword, so it’s good to get back to the fray with a Phi puzzle. There were a couple of … Read more >>
By chance poor old Maize has got me again. I was very enthusiastic about his/her previous offering; this one is less obviously outstanding, simply very good. There are a whole lot of excellent sound clues.
Crosophile stands in for Dac this week. It was only when we were compiling the blog that we realised that there is a theme here – given away (perhaps unnecessarily?) … Read more >>
Following the Bank Holiday, a colourful puzzle from Radian is exactly what I needed to get the working week off to a positive start. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, in … Read more >>
It’s a bank holiday, so perhaps we should expect something a bit more demanding. Any road up, I found this demanding; but that could just be me. Sound puzzle, though. … Read more >>
You tend to know where you stand with Hypnos, and this Sunday’s puzzle was no exception. As such there isn’t a great deal for me to add: nothing stuck out as controversial or … Read more >>
My first occasion to lock horns with Rodriguez, at least on a blogging day. This one all seemed to go in very smoothly. That the theme was clearly signposted at 27 across certainly … Read more >>
The usual utterly sound and enjoyable crossword from Phi. You can tell how good it is because (although on the easy side for Phi) it presents its fair share of problems while solving, but all the constructions turn out to be very straightforward.
A good challenge from Tees today, although there were one or two clues that we struggled with and some new words to check out. We had come across the Gods in 10ac before … Read more >>
Dac’s latest puzzle has been supplied for our entertainment this Wednesday morning. I actually found this towards the harder end of the Dac spectrum, in that I got off to a flying start … Read more >>
A fairly typical Independent puzzle today where you can just solve the clues, but … ELLA FITZGERALD [8 down, 15 down], is a SINGER, [22 down]. Indeed she is referred … Read more >>
Once again I’ve drawn the lad Hoskins, not that I’m complaining, far from it.
Raich always gives us sound puzzles, and this is no exception. I found it tough, though. Could just be brain fade on my part. Happy St George’s Day. Abbreviations … Read more >>
With Klingsor back again on a Saturday things can’t be too bad. Solving was a pleasure. Half the grid was filled on first pass – precisely: 14 out of the 28 clues entered. … Read more >>