Never knowingly undersolved
I think this is Dutch’s second Independent crossword following his debut in February I note that Dutch is using a 36 clue grid so we are all getting very good value. … Read more >>
What we expect from Knut nowadays: a very pleasant solve and nothing very controversial I think.
My first blog of a Gila puzzle. This might be a bit easier than a typical Gila. Thanks to Gila. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 A panel of judges trying … Read more >>
A challenging workout from Monk, with a couple of nice touches…
Phi has produced this Friday’s puzzle, as he does the puzzle on most Fridays. I actually found this crossword towards the harder end of the Phi spectrum, in that I really struggled with … Read more >>
Scorpion set today’s puzzle. Thursday is often a theme day. Although there was a theme you didn’t have to know it. Most of the across entries are the surnames of … Read more >>
An excellent puzzle from Eccles with soundness (I think) coupled with very pleasing surfaces. I found this very hard to begin with — none of the Acrosses fell at first sight — and then there were plenty of accessible Downs. Finally I stopped, having spent ages and failed on 22ac and 25ac. One of them is a (to me) dreaded cryptic definition, so there weren’t the usual two ways to the answer and I couldn’t see the required one; the other one (25ac) is still a bit of a mystery; no doubt someone will explain it better than I can.
A fun puzzle from Hoskins today – mostly fairly straightforward, but with a few that got us thinking. We only realised that there was more to the puzzle when we had moreorless … Read more >>
An enjoyable outing from the reliable Vigo.
Another no-show by the scheduled blogger so my second outing today. For that reason there is only an analysis of the clues. Across 1 Make waves after senator’s first stint (6) SCRIMP – … Read more >>
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 >>