Never knowingly undersolved
The blogging cycle brings me Serpent again which is no bad thing. Serpent has brought some innovation to the puzzles done so far both in terms of themes and clueing, and the same … Read more >>
A very unusual grid in that there are only 22 answers, the fewest I’ve ever seen in a daily cryptic. I’m running a bit late today and wondered why I seem to have caught up: obvious why, with so little for me to do.
Enjoyable and utterly satisfactory as always. So many answers that initially gave difficulty proved to be very simple in hindsight.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
This the first Wiglaf puzzle we have blogged. We have enjoyed all his previous offerings, including his IQs, so we really looked forward to this one – and we weren’t disappointed. We found … Read more >>
Dac has supplied the first Wednesday puzzle of the year, as he has doubtless done on many previous occasions. This was a rather gentle introduction to solving and blogging in 2017 for me. … Read more >>
Thanks to Scorpion I have a good challenge for my first blog of 2017 The puzzle is a pangram. For a while I thought it was going to be a … Read more >>
A very late appearance of this on the Indy website means the blog has been considerably delayed. It’s not giving too much away to say there was a theme of cities.
Happy New Year! There we go, I’ve used my one exclamation mark for 2017. This was an interesting, and tough, puzzle to start us off in the Sindy for 2017. Sherlock appears to … Read more >>
As 2016 reaches its last day a no doubt topical puzzle from Eimi completes the Independent’s year of crosswords. I always enjoy Eimi’s crosswords – they tend to have topical clues and this … Read more >>
Well, it’s Phiday again, will there be a theme? If there is, will we be able to spot it? We have missed some of Phi’s recent themes but we are very pleased that … Read more >>
Hob has provided the last Thursday puzzle of 2016 and thus occupies my last blogging slot of the year. I think that this was a worthy puzzle to bring my blogging year to … Read more >>
I’ve blogged one Gila puzzle before – in the Inquisitor series, so this is my first blog of a Gila daily broadsheet puzzle. There were 18 across clues and 13 … Read more >>
We found this Radian a bit of a challenge for a Tuesday, but one we really enjoyed tackling. The level of difficulty of the clues varied widely, which at least enabled a quick … Read more >>
Frankly, I thought this was a load of guff. In fact, it was a fine puzzle, but did contain a number of references to farting. I’m surprised the setter eschewed the opportunity … Read more >>
Season’s greetings! Peace on earth and goodwill to all men? Sometimes seems an unlikely prospect, and Tees seems to have a gloomy message in today’s puzzle… …starting with 1A (THE MIDDLE EAST) and … Read more >>
Phi’s latest offering rounds off the working week and heralds the transition to the seasonal jumbos in various newspapers and magazines. It is unlike me ever to spot a theme in a Phi … Read more >>