Never knowingly undersolved
Hello and best wishes all. Our setter has invited us all on a bus ride – although, perhaps due to current circumstances, it’s rather a strange one! I wasn’t always sure whether I was … Read more >>
What sort of MAJORITY is Ifor testing us with this week – is it a political majority – wafer-thin Brexitian or 80-strong Johnson-ian; a ‘coming of age’ majority; or a military major-ity, like Major Major in Catch-22?
“Single-letter misprints in the definition parts of 18 clues must be corrected before solving. The correct letters, read in order, describe the DARK AND STORMY speaker of the words around the perimeter of the grid, whose name must be highlighted (11 cells). Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
Two unclued entries to deduce. Extra words to remove and two messages to find from the second and second last letters in extra words with no clashes in the entries. Something else to … Read more >>
Hello everyone. I hope you are well and enjoying the bank holiday weekend. Well, I am finding that Vismut puzzles just get more and more fun. I don’t think this was too hard, … Read more >>
It has been SHORTS weather a lot recently – has Piccadilly been putting his(?) knobbly knees on display?!
“Three pairs of cells are TRAPPED by two symmetrically and thematically placed chains of 11 cells each. All 28 cells must be highlighted in the final grid to illustrate the TRAP. The three unclued entries of a kind are also thematically positioned. Two separate groups of consecutive clues (19 in total) contain a single superfluous letter in their wordplay. Reading these in clue order will give a hint as to where to find details of the TRAP. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
As the world becomes more and more virtual, The Purge is here to entertain us. Most clues have an extra letter, spelling out a definition, and four require something to be removed before … Read more >>
Hello all. I hope that you and your loved ones are keeping safe and sane and are able to enjoy the Easter weekend. Thanks for this enjoyable puzzle go to Skylark, a new … Read more >>
Will this be O-MISSION Impossible from Chalicea? I am on a mission to find out…
“The seven unclued entries are the names of an eponymous character whose nickname (55) should be written below the grid. With one exception, all clues contain a superfluous word which should be removed before solving; the initial letters of these words give the character’s location. The normal clue’s number gives the age of the character. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
Darkest hour !!! How very prophetic. But in crossword terms some extra words to remove, to reveal 3 names, a perimeter quotation to insert and a single normal entry to be amended to … Read more >>
Hi everyone. I hope you are well. Thanks to Kcit for an enjoyable puzzle which certainly had someThing about it. The preamble reads: The five five-letter across entries in order are the … Read more >>
My solving notes for DOZEN by Ifor just say ‘bl00dy hard’!… The preamble states that: “A DOZEN clues each contain two or three extra words (not always consecutive, or in thematic order); these … Read more >>
“In ‘34 28 24’, wordplay yielded by clues either includes an extra letter not entered in the grid (16) or ignores a letter in the entered answer (15). In clue order these letters spell out what must appear in the perimeter reading clockwise, starting at cell 31. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”