Never knowingly undersolved
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 >>
() = abbreviation e.g. a(mpere) hom = homophone [] = letters removed Vigo seems to be a new compiler and this was a good candidate for a gentle Monday puzzle. There was nothing … Read more >>
I’ll admit to something of a double take on seeing Monk’s name appear when opening this week’s puzzle via Crossword Solver. So much so that, it being a rare week where I’d not … Read more >>
Something very fishy about this crossword. Very fishy indeed. I think we should call in the Feds to find out what’s going on because it looks like someone has ended up sleeping with the … Read more >>
It’s Friday and it’s Phi with a typical puzzle This was a puzzle that cried out theme as the first and last columns developed. I thought it unlikely to be … Read more >>
A nice, crossword from Morph today. I found it slightly on the hard side, though now that I’ve done the blog I can’t see why. The (possibly) CDs round the middle of the acrosses were a bit of a problem, but everything else seemed to fall into place well enough.
Some would make a very mild criticism of the answers in the grid: 18dn ends with the word OFF, as does 25ac. Possibly not the best: I did 18dn and then couldn’t believe that 25ac also ended with the same word, but there aren’t many possibilities for _ _ F.
Definitions in italics.
Quixote fills Dac’s Wednesday slot this week. We found this a somewhat frustrating but ultimately fairly straightforward solve – frustrating because at first it looked as though there might be a theme, … Read more >>