Never knowingly undersolved
Crosophile gives us a puzzle that will entice solvers to finish. Some accessible clues to get started, no traps – apart from the one I fell into – and the rest of a … Read more >>
Phi has given us some interesting entries today There were quite a few unusual entries in today’s grid, e.g. SAMIZDAT although I did know that one, REALOS, NIKAUS, QUAI D’ORSAY … Read more >>
The love affair with Klingsor continues. He must be wondering if there are any other bloggers. But as I have said before from my point of view this is fine. As always he has given us a nice sound crossword with consistently good clues.
It’s Wednesday and we are pleased that we have a classic Dac to solve and blog. We hope he is continuing to make a good recovery. There are a number of French … Read more >>
It is the crossword editor himself who has supplied today’s lexical challenge. And not long after I blogged a highly topical puzzle about the Panama papers scandal, today sees me writing up another … Read more >>
A Bank Holiday special today.
No particular sticking points today, just a smooth Sunday solve where everything adds up nicely. I particularly enjoyed the longish charade at 21 across, and there were a couple of nice &lits in … Read more >>
Apologies for the delay to today’s blog – a tussle with Tees. The lack of that extra week now the prize element is no longer with us is my lame excuse. Luckily for me … Read more >>
It’s not often that I get the opportunity to cover an Indy puzzle so this has been a pleasant change. Phi frequently has a ghost theme and I’m fairly sure that today is … Read more >>
This is the first Math puzzle in the Indy for more than three years, and the first one that we have ever blogged. We’re sorry to say that, during the solve, we didn’t … Read more >>
It is the last Wednesday of the month, so Dac is having a well-earned break and Quixote is standing in for him. I found this puzzle to be a quick and enjoyable solve … Read more >>
Hob takes us back in time with the offering today. The theme is clear, but solvers didn’t need to know anything about it to complete the puzzle. The down clues … Read more >>
This was a very good effort with a lot of work having gone into making the definitions none too obvious (as in 1 across and 10). There was a decent mix of clues … Read more >>
A puzzle by Peter blogged by Pierre? What’s occurring? What should occur is that if you haven’t already had a go at it, do so now by using the link at the top … Read more >>
A fairly 2D puzzle from Phi, with multiple cross-references to 5D and 24D in various clues… …which, respectively, turned out to be ‘SHAKE’ and ‘SPEAR’ – on the occasion of the 400th anniversary … Read more >>