Never knowingly undersolved
Daedalus made his debut in the IoS a month or so ago, and I wasn’t mad keen on that puzzle, so he’s probably not too chuffed that his second outing has fallen to … Read more >>
A pleasant, if gentle, workout from Alchemi – no particular theme or Nina that I could see, but some symmetrically placed (10, 4), (4, 10) connected pairs of clues, and a couple of ‘curved … Read more >>
The usual from Phi: a very pleasant and sound crossword that maintains the high standard. And as usual I am a bit lost on one or two, but these will I’m sure be explained.
As I say below, I had thought there might be an astronomical theme, but failing that, and this theory does I think fail, I can’t see anything else.
Definitions underlined.
We have come to expect the Thursday Indy puzzle to be tricky, and this offering from Tees was no exception. We were not helped by the fact that no fewer than five of … Read more >>
It is Wednesday today, so it is Dac’s weekly opportunity to put Indy solvers through their paces. For me, this was a typical Dac puzzle in terms of level of difficulty. I was … Read more >>
Hieroglyph appears on a monthly basis in the Independent weekday series. Once you solved any of the across clues in this puzzle, it was fairly obvious what the theme was. … Read more >>
After a tough Monday puzzle last week, this was back to more gentle fare with plenty of easier clues to get you enough crossing letters to do the trickier stuff. Across 7. Trade … Read more >>
(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.) A slow start, but it turned out … Read more >>
We always look forward to the challenge of an Anax prize puzzle and this was definitely a challenge! However, we’re not wildly enthusiastic about long anagrams and this puzzle has eight fifteen-letter answers, … Read more >>
Well, it’s Phiday again, and he seems to be getting tougher these days. Last week’s offering seemed more tricky than usual, and this one also took us longer than expected. Although Phi denies … Read more >>
It has been a long time since it has fallen to me to blog a puzzle by Klingsor, so I was keen to get my teeth into this one this morning. This particular … Read more >>
Quixote has given us a puzzle today with some good anagrams. I don’t think is the best puzzle that Quixote has ever produced, but it proved a entertaining challenge with … Read more >>
Knut made his debut only the other day. Now he appears again, and much of this continues the good start he made. There is a lot I don’t understand; my temptation is to say that some of the clues are a bit weak or unsound, but I don’t dare to because it’s far more likely that I’m missing things.
It’s a very strange grid — perfectly OK and no solecisms with the checking. Was this, together with the large number of clues, done in order to fit in some theme? If it was then I can’t see it.
Definitions underlined.
Chuffing Nora. I keep telling the editor and setters that I only decided to put my name down to blog the Monday Indy because it was ‘the easy one’. … Read more >>
I liked this grid with words all the way round the border, it is a long while since I saw one of these. Good to have the minimum of black space on the grid, value for money!
There are a couple of clues where I don’t quite get the wording, even though I’m sure I have the correct answer. Thanks to Hypnos for an enjoyable Sunday solve.