Never knowingly undersolved
Tees. makes his monthly appearance today with an entertaining puzzle. The puzzle is the first pangram I have blogged for sometime. I think I got the hint of a pangram … Read more >>
As always on Wednesdays, which don’t seem to be suffering the upheavals of the other days.
I sometimes wonder whether to feign ignorance of the parsing of some clues, so that people will respond and tell me how they work It’s the only way people will be prompted to post when it’s a Dac day, for everything is so tidy and uncontroversial, although in this one there’s a question about 5dn.
We found it difficult to get started on the puzzle; it wasn’t until Joyce did her usual trick when she is stuck of looking at some of the last down clues that we … Read more >>
The editor reverting to form today, giving us a gentle introduction to the week with a well-constructed and clearly-clued puzzle from Raich. Ideal for improving solvers and no doubt a pleasant stroll for … Read more >>
Sorry Poins old chap, you’ve drawn me yet again and I must admit I found this one quite tough. A week later I still don’t appear to have completed the top left corner … Read more >>
Alchemi gives us a fun, themed puzzle on the easy side for a Prize crossword – if you knew the subject. Happily I did. The theme is Kenneth More (3D) and five of … Read more >>
A return to normality with Phi on a Friday. There are a couple of composers in the grid today and a few musical references in the clues, but nothing strong … Read more >>
Poor old Hob — this is his third in a row that has fallen to me. Not that I personally really mind, for this was a very pleasant crossword. There are one or two clues about which I’m not sure but no doubt someone will come to the rescue.
Read round the unches from the bottom left in the two ways to the top right to get the Nina. It was published on September 17th 1954, so this is a few days late for the 60th anniversary. There don’t seem to be any references in the answers, but one of the clues mentions Jack, so perhaps there is something I can’t see.
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Quixote setting and me blogging on a Wednesday? The Indy crossword world is upside down. Not really: Quixote seems to be taking over the last Wednesday of the month slot; and I’m off … Read more >>
Scorpion has filled today’s slot with a puzzle that befits Ryder Cup week. References to golf abound in this puzzle, either in clues – e.g. 4, 25D – or solutions – e.g. 8, … Read more >>
A sweet musical interlude from Crosophile today
I thought this was an excellent IoS puzzle from Kairos. Just one or two where I’m not entirely sure of my parsing. I don’t normally big up setters, because they are overweening and … Read more >>
My run of three Anax puzzles in a row comes to an end. Nimrod it is this week – oh joy! However, this proved to be less daunting than my usual battles with … Read more >>
Nowadays any day is as likely as the next to throw up a hard one; except perhaps Wednesday, where Dac still holds sway for most of the month. I found this crossword from Jambazi remarkably difficult and it took me ages, although most of the clues seem easy enough after they have been solved.
I get the impression that there is something going on: the members of some band from the 1980s perhaps or some such? [Leonard Cohen, who is 80 today, we are told by Geebs, to whom thanks]
My apologies for frequently mentioning Chambers. I know it is not the dictionary used by this paper, but a) I can’t remember what is and b) it is to hand.
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We haven’t had a puzzle with an unhidden theme for a while so today’s Hieroglyph was very welcome. We remember the thematic TV Series at 16ac from the 1960s, although it was not … Read more >>