Never knowingly undersolved
Today is Thursday, a compiling slot not infrequently occupied by Nestor. Alas, it has not recently fallen to me to blog a Nestor, so I was pleased to see his name alongside today’s … Read more >>
If you are hoping for a new take on a puzzle set by Dac from someone who seldom blogs the Indy then I’m afraid you are going to be disappointed. I can only … Read more >>
One of Radian’s best. I enjoyed this, just the right level of difficulty for me. There was enough to make you think a bit, but the setter loses gracefully, and does so without any lingering feeling of irritation at not being quite able to see how something worked: everything seems sound and of a good standard. Some of the indicators of anagrams, inclusions and reversals were unusual, but they were all fine in my opinion.
Definitions underlined.
Now we are Eight. Nice to see the editor for a change and a generally easyish puzzle to brighten an otherwise drab, damp and generally grotty day here in Suffolk.
A straightforward and enjoyable puzzle from Raich.
If there’s one thing that is notable about a Jambazi puzzle, it is that every clue surface reading makes sense, but not necessarily one that helps solve the clue much… … which is why … Read more >>
I was rather surprised to see that Morph was occupying the Friday spot this week. I suppose that I should immediately have asked myself if there was something about this puzzle, appearing on … Read more >>
Donk’s puzzle are always a challenge and frequently attract praise from solvers There is clearly flair in the cluing of today’s puzzle with a significant need for lateral thinking [e.g. 1 … Read more >>
Quixote’s usual very satisfactory and sound crossword, a good replacement when there is no Dac on a Wednesday.
Definitions (apart from in 1ac, which I’m not sure about) underlined. [I wasn’t sure about it, but I am now, so the definition is underlined]
An ‘ancient Greek leader’ informed us that todays’s puzzle was very significant. It is Anax’s 100th Indy puzzle, the first appearing on July 9th 2009. It was blogged by beermagnet who was … Read more >>
An enjoyable crossword with a nice mixture of clues, generally on the easy side. My only quibbles with with 3 and 17 Across 1. Setting forth out of the post office, then south, … Read more >>
I think this is the fourth Sunday blog in a row that I’ve drawn Poins, or vice versa. No complaints from me there. As usual, this one seemed very smooth indeed, with everything … Read more >>
Another Saturday Anax – how devious will this one be clued? I would say definitely up to his usual high standard of subterfuge. The nice thing about an Anax puzzle is the answer … Read more >>
As happens most Fridays in The Independent, the puzzle is set by Phi. There are a number of pairs of Christian names in this puzzle – all the four pairs … Read more >>
I always enjoy Klingsor’s crosswords. They provide quite a 26a but all is fair and amusing and one can always explain the clues afterwards: indeed, judging by the number of answers written down for me to look at and work out the parsing, the answers are often ahead of their explanation.
There may well be a Nina here but, surprise surprise, it’s quite lost on me. There looked as if there might possibly be a pangram, but some letters are missing. With these rather demanding crosswords I’m always so relieved to complete them that the final flourish is beyond me.
Definitions underlined.