Never knowingly undersolved
Crosophile has given us a puzzle with a few entries that are not obscure, but neither are they in regular daily use, such as … SEAMSTERS, UNSWADDLE, EMBRASURE and NAUTILUS. A … Read more >>
A sound, workmanlike puzzle from eXternal. And I don’t mean to damn with faint praise when I say that. It was hard, though. The idea of the Monday Indy being the ‘easy’ one … Read more >>
Perhaps not as difficult (for an IoS puzzle) as in recent weeks. Thanks to Hypnos. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Local left in charge of a community (6) PUBLIC : PUB(one … Read more >>
A joint effort this week on the blog during a very busy week so if there are errors or omissions we won’t know who to blame. Joyce’s elderly father has not been well and … Read more >>
Another Friday, another Phi-day. It took us a little longer to get started on this one. No idea why – perhaps it was just one of those days. There’s one (4d) which we … Read more >>
It is Klingsor’s turn to occupy the Thursday slot this week. I found this a really enjoyable solve, pitched at what I consider to be the appropriate level for a daily cryptic: far … Read more >>
Another Wednesday, another Dac puzzle. I found this harder than some recent puzzles by Dac, but perhaps I’m just getting old and finding things more difficult. I got off to … Read more >>
Quite a tricky production from Scorpion today, but what does one expect? Everything (apart from one or two about which I’m not quite certain) seemed to be easy enough to explain after the event and there were some nice clues.
Well it’s Punk so expect a bit of unusual clueing and a smidgeon of ribaldry.
A very good puzzle.
Hob’s definitely a setter that I find to be towards the more challenging end of the spectrum, but no less enjoyable for it. This was a remarkably well put together puzzle, positively bursting … Read more >>
Predictably, the job of compiling today’s puzzle has fallen to Phi. I found I had to work steadily away at these one, from beginning to end, with no single solution triggering a slew … Read more >>
This was a good puzzle from Hieroglyph with some interesting cluing. I’m not sure what the purists will make of WARHEAD in 11 across to define W and WHIPPET in … Read more >>
Only yesterday I was reading the view of someone that we are in a golden age of crosswords. We are certainly in a golden age so far as Dac is concerned, since for the past several years he has almost weekly produced a perfectly-formed object.
What a great puzzle from Knut today – many thanks for the fun. This is a really ingenious construction with many references in both the clues and the entries to the Greek … Read more >>