Never knowingly undersolved
It’s Friday and as expected we have a Phi to solve and blog – no complaints here. Phi has apparently decided to set himself challenges other than the inclusion of themes or … Read more >>
Serpent’s latest cruciverbal challenge is occupying the Thursday slot this week. Compared with the last Serpent puzzle that I blogged on a Thursday about a month ago, I found this one a tad … Read more >>
Math is the setter this Wednesday, occupying the slot predominantly filled by Dac. There is a clear film theme to the across entries with some further allusions to films and … Read more >>
As always, a fine crossword from Punk. There are possible quibbles with 13ac and 15ac/1dn, and some of the answers have marginally less than 50% checking, but there is a nice theme that may excuse this.
These crosswords that have lots of clues referring to other ones are always difficult to start on, since one’s first read through only allows possible solving of some of the clues, and this was no exception.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
This was one of those themed puzzles that can be difficult to start with if you don’t get the gateway clue quickly.
This was, I thought, trickier than the usual IoS puzzle. It wouldn’t be out of place as a weekday, or perhaps even a Saturday (when the Indie used to give out prizes) Indie … Read more >>
Easter weekend and a puzzle from Jambazi. Whilst I don’t usually look up meanings of setters’ names, for some reason I did today and Jambazi appears to mean bandit in Swahili. I found … Read more >>
Not surprisingly, Good Friday this year is also a Good Phi-day! Like another recent Phi puzzle, this grid also contains a large number of longer entries, all of which were across clues. As … Read more >>
Morph has given us a puzzle of transition today I The clues and the entries move thematically from the icy cold of the pole to the sweltering heat of the equator. … Read more >>
What we have come to expect from Eccles and just right for a Wednesday: good, accessible, sound. Plenty of nice clues.
My apologies for the lateness, which is even worse than usual (The Guardian and the FT are always before me. Bet they are today [actually the FT wasn’t]). When I switched off yesterday there were various updates, and these had to be fiddled with by the computer before it booted up. And then it didn’t seem to want to start Windows. But eventually it did thank goodness.
A fairly straightforward puzzle from Vigo today. Nothing too taxing, but none the worse for that. All the clues were fair, with no particularly unusual words, making for a very enjoyable solve. … Read more >>
Silvanus and I shook hands on Fifteensquared with his debut puzzle a few weeks ago, and we meet again today. I thought that this one was well-constructed and witty on occasions, but there … Read more >>
A very pleasurable way to start a Sunday. Thank you Poins.
I have blogged a couple of Wiglaf’s EV puzzles, but I think this is the first of his/her ‘straight’ cryptics I have had the pleasure of covering… And all fairly straightforward to begin … Read more >>
Phi on a Friday, no surprises there . I’ll now say something I’ll almost certainly regret when the comments come in. I can’t see a Nina or theme in this puzzle. … Read more >>