Never knowingly undersolved
This is our first blog of a Vigo puzzle, and we’re already looking forward to the next! There are some great clues here, with a good range of difficulty – just what … Read more >>
Today offered me what will doubtless be my last opportunity to blog a Dac puzzle in 2015. And rather fittingly, this puzzle bears all the hallmarks of the other Dac puzzles that I … Read more >>
A puzzle from Radian today that doesn’t have any obscure entries, but does have one entry that I have great difficulty spelling The theme in this crossword developed gradually but … Read more >>
A plain crossword from Alchemi this morning, nowt wrong with that.
(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.) Thanks to Daedalus for an enjoyable … Read more >>
Apologies for the late posting of this week’s blog – it’s been a hectic week. This was a good, moderately challenging puzzle, as expected from Monk. We thoroughly enjoyed it. We do however … Read more >>
Another week over and another Phi to end it with. During the solve Bert noticed that LADY BENCHER could be found in the unches in the SE corner. It wasn’t until the … Read more >>
It’s been a while since it last fell to me to blog a puzzle by Donk, so I was looking forward to getting my teeth into this one. Overall, I think I found … Read more >>
I don’t think there is anything to frighten the horses in this standard crossword puzzle by Dac After last week’s challenging Tyrus I find myself in the calmer waters of … Read more >>
All very nice. Good clues and nothing that seems to me to be all that much of a problem (although see below for my discomfort over 8ac and 26ac). I enjoyed this and although it wasn’t perfectly simple — is it ever perfectly simple on a Tuesday? — everything was easily enough explained after the event.
* = anagram [] = removed A(mpere) = abbreviation I found this to be quite difficult, even though none of the clues individually seem particularly difficult. There were some quite off-centre word associations … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle that I found harder than usual for Poins. Thank you Poins.
Klingsor was excellent company on a train ride up to The North at the weekend. The grid seemed to fill up from right to left for me, at one point having one half … Read more >>
It’s Friday and so perfectly natural to find Phi’s latest crossword to tackle this morning. I have to start by saying that I haven’t managed to complete this puzzle to my satisfaction. I … Read more >>
Tyrus appears on average once a month. I first came across him when blogging Independent Saturday puzzles. I have always found his puzzles tending towards the harder end of the Independent spectrum.. I … Read more >>