Never knowingly undersolved
Today is Friday and thus Phi-day for the Indy crossword. I found this one towards the tougher end of the Phi spectrum and had to chip away at it for longer than I … Read more >>
Serpent provides the challenge today. Every across entry has at least one B and the unchecked letters in the middle row spell out GOODBYE. Perhaps Serpent will drop in to … Read more >>
The usual thing: such straightforward clear clues that there are no problems with any of this. But just as good as ever and all perfectly constructed. How Dac goes on with word after word producing transparent and utterly sound clues is amazing. The word “clunky” is less appropriate with him than with anyone.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
An ‘interesting’ theme for Knut’s Valentine’s day puzzle. Is he a fan of ’50 Shades of Grey’? Or is he just trying to punish us? There are several references to corporal punishment in … Read more >>
Top-notch stuff from Dutch. There was a good balance of clues and some had excellent surface readings.
Lots and lots of charades in here, but they are all good ones so that’s OK! Thank you Peter.
This was a puzzle where the “All Reversed” method was used in the wordplay many more times than usual. Not that I noticed till writing the blog. I’m certainly happy to see Nestor’s … Read more >>
Phi has given a crossword with a sort of structural theme When I say structural theme, I am talking about the form of many of the entries which are constructed … Read more >>
This was hard work. No real complaints though, since it was all soundly clued so far as I could see, and some of the clues are very good. I particularly liked 7dn, 1ac and 23ac. And 5dn too, despite its reminder of that blemish on a game that is so much loved.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
Eccles is standing in for Dac again this week, and it’s fallen to us to blog the puzzle, as we did in January. We found this an enjoyable, straightforward solve, although we did … Read more >>
Gila is occupying the Tuesday slot this week and is a compiler whose work I am fairly familiar with but which I have little experience of blogging. This puzzle turned out to be … Read more >>
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.