Never knowingly undersolved
Vigo makes a rare appearance today I enjoyed this challenge from Vigo. The clues seem deceptively simple but in the end it took me a while to crack the North … Read more >>
Dac tends to be gentle, but this was an easy one. There seemed to be no difficult clues today.
Still up to the usual standard, though. As always plenty of lovely surfaces.
Definitions in italics.
As expected, a good work-out from Radian today. There were a number of smiles along the way, especially with the various references to ‘economy’ in its various senses. We would however welcome … Read more >>
Nice easy Monday in the Indy? You’ve got to be kidding.
It looks like the IoS rota has been shaken up a little, as I get to do battle with a third setter in as many posts, after months of poor old Poins being … Read more >>
As the rain falls in July a puzzle from Tees to dispel the gloom. Some marvellous clues this week certainly. 7 dn was my pick of the bunch with 18ac a close second. … Read more >>
Phi has provided us with a good Friday workout. I wondered if there was a bit of a food and drink theme in here, but I’m not really sure. I … Read more >>
This was extraordinarily hard. In several places I’m not really sure what is happening and it seems to me that Donk has been less than accurate, but he has in the past produced quite excellent crosswords; perhaps he has done so this time: it may just be going over my head.
Our first thoughts when we saw the puzzle was the rather odd looking grid – the same thoughts we had yesterday. This time however, there was no apparent reason for the fact that … Read more >>
Hieroglyph is occupying this week’s Tuesday slot, with one of his themed puzzles for us to crack. Like the themed puzzle of his that I blogged on bird species, there are a couple … Read more >>
Bonjour! Not quite sure what’s occurring here, because in the online version it was unnumbered and the compiler wasn’t shown. So I hope I’ve blogged the right puzzle on the right day. A … Read more >>
I did enjoy this one, but there was some stuff in it which was certainly tricky for an IoS puzzle. Which is blogger-speak for ‘I can’t parse one or two’. … Read more >>
So, how did you get on with this particular Rorschach test? Did you see a beautiful pattern; was there some deep psychological revelation; or was it a ‘blot’ on your week?! I found … Read more >>
Phi’s usual nice crossword. He is good at making a clue not all that easy to solve; yet once one has done it and is looking back, it is often quite obvious. I found nothing controversial here, although I nearly elicited a whole lot of responses explaining how 16dn worked.
Definitions in italics.
This was a good Thursday challenge from Nestor, with several clues that got the old grey matter working overtime. We had to check some entries which we had not come across before … Read more >>