Never knowingly undersolved
Not quite sure how many points I’d award this on the degree of difficulty scale. There were enough to get you going, certainly; but a few proved tricky for this solver. … Read more >>
It’s been a while since I locked horns with Poins, which used to be a regular Sunday occurrence. This was good, though I seemed to find the going a bit more of a … Read more >>
Not a lot of wasted space in today’s grid – a snakey puzzle from Serpent beckons. Some excellent clues to fill the space too. I liked 1ac for its brevity and 22ac for … Read more >>
Phi is rather on the hard side today, I think, but still up to the usual high standard. Every clue could easily be explained afterwards, which is as it should be.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
This is our 300th blog for 225 – but amazingly this is only the 7th Morph we have had the pleasure of blogging in the five years since we started. We hope that … Read more >>
Dac is occupying his customary mid-week slot today. I actually found this puzzle towards the tougher end of the Dac spectrum and had trouble with the intersecting 10-letter lights at the heart of … Read more >>
Punk appears in the Independent series a little bit less than once a month but it’s always a pleasure to see a Punk puzzle There was one clearly defined theme … Read more >>
Last time around Hoskins was well oiled, a much more sober affair today.
I found this tough going for an IoS puzzle, in fact tough going, full stop. It’s all fair (although there’s one I can’t parse). When I was writing up the … Read more >>
A nice solid cryptic offering from Klingsor here – with some interesting surface readings and mis-directions… No obvious theme or nina that I could see. There seems to be a higher than ‘average’ number … Read more >>
Well, another Phi-day and a relatively straightforward challenge today. However, with a few unusual words and several names in the grid, we couldn’t help thinking that there must be a theme. We … Read more >>
It is a while since I have either solved or blogged a puzzle by Tees, so I found myself wondering quite what to expect. What I got was a puzzle with two highly … Read more >>
Crosophile is a regular contributor to the Independent crossword series There was quite a lot of TURNing and TABLEs in this puzzle – grid and clues – but I can’t … Read more >>
Very good stuff from Radian, although I found it hard to finish this off. There were some words that I didn’t know.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
An excellent and absorbing puzzle with lots of very subtle touches.