Never knowingly undersolved
It has been a while since I have solved/blogged a puzzle by Tees. I found this one quite a challenge, despite a fair few write-ins at the start. It took me a while … Read more >>
Dac appears in his regular Wednesday slot this week. For the first time in a while I didn’t struggle with the parsing of any of the entries in this blog. … Read more >>
I found this extremely difficult. The clues are all quite understandable once you know the answer, but to get there is often very hard, so far as I can see, there being so many options for the wordplay and the definition.
Definitions in maroon and underlined.
My last Indy blog before the paper goes for good.
I found this different to the usual IoS style, harder and less straightforward. Not a puzzle designed “to let everyone have a go” which I would say is the more normal Sunday theme.
An enjoyable puzzle from Morph this week with some delightful surface readings. We were also very impressed by 17ac. However, we couldn’t help feeling slightly disappointed because we had expected to find … Read more >>
It is Friday today and thus time for my monthly lexical joust with Phi. I found this quite a tough puzzle by Phi standards, and although I completed it unaided, there was a … Read more >>
It’s been a while since I blogged a puzzle by Nestor and I expected something quite difficult. I thought this fitted my expectations. The grid screamed Nina with all the … Read more >>
My apologies to everyone; this is very late. I had computer problems and, having done the blog once but failed to post it, started all over again and used the old system, which … Read more >>
Well, Hob puzzles seem to be a bit like buses for us – we waited for nearly a year and then two come along within a few weeks of each other. As we … Read more >>
I don’t often attempt Anax puzzles because I find them a little too time-consuming and usually end up with three or four clues that I can’t complete. However, as I was blogging this … Read more >>
Not too many problems this week. Just a high quality Sunday cryptic with one or two nice moments of education, such as at 7 down. Across 1 PRIORITY Appeal in religious foundation is … Read more >>
It has been quite some time since I did battle with Scorpion on a blogging day. As is often the case with this setter, there’s a theme today. It may not be to … Read more >>
Phi continues in his regular Friday slot. I think this is just a standard crossword from Phi without any themes or messages. I can see a link between AMADEUS (Mozart) … Read more >>
I always enjoy Klingsor’s crosswords. Neat cluing and nothing too controversial. This one was on the easier side for him I think, since there have been times in the past when he has taken ages; but not this time thank goodness.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.