Never knowingly undersolved
Well, it’s not Dac today (and it’s not the last Wednesday in the month). Is the Indy trying to get us used to changes in routine before going digital? This was an enjoyable … Read more >>
It has been a while since I solved and blogged a puzzle by Raich, so I got stuck into this one with relish. Although I didn’t get too bogged down in this one … Read more >>
I enjoyed very much this Lohengrin puzzle, with a good variety of clue types and subject matter. He’s a comparatively recent addition to the Indy stable, but a good one. Sadly, this will … Read more >>
Daedalus must be getting fed up with me blogging his puzzles. This is his seventh since making his debut in the Indy/IoS a year ago, and four have now fallen to me to … Read more >>
If my calculations are correct we have just passed the seventh anniversary of when Rusty* first graced the inside back page of the Indy. From the off he was recognised as one of … Read more >>
One of Phi’s easier offerings I thought (but none the worse for that). On the first pass through I, unusually for me, solved nearly half of the clues, which are as usual excellent.
Definitions underlined and in DarkMagenta, which I fear will look a bit odd but let’s see.
As expected we enjoyed this puzzle from Punk. There are quite a few proper nouns among the entries, but we don’t think there’s a connection between them. All good fun, with only … Read more >>
It’s Wednesday morning and thus time for my monthly outing with Dac. Dac puzzles are always enjoyable, with tidy clues that can be parsed with absolute certainty, relying little on abstruse information or … Read more >>
Knut.has a reputation for producing topical puzzles. This puzzle is topical, but I suspect it could have been published at any time over the next four months as the topic … Read more >>
Another new setter before the demise of the print edition, I guess for a setter seeing your name on line doesn’t have the same cachet as seeing it in print where you’ve “made it”.
(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) This required 2 sittings to complete, … Read more >>
Well in the week that the Independent announced its departure from the newsagent stands – a tussle with Nimrod beckons and perhaps my last ever blog of an Independent crossword. I for one … Read more >>
Another great Phi-day puzzle, and one that we found a bit trickier than usual. As it’s Phi, we’re sure there is a theme, but we haven’t been able to find it yet. There … Read more >>
It has been a while since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Anax, so I sharpened my pencil with relish when I discovered today’s puzzle. This crossword took me … Read more >>
As this is the last Wednesday of the month. Dac gives way to one of his colleagues. Today it is Quixote I’ve been blogging on fifteensquared since November 2007 and … Read more >>