Never knowingly undersolved
Superfluous words to be removed to generate a thematic word and extra letter. These can then be used to fill the two unclued entries. Now that is a simple preamble for once. I … Read more >>
Hello, and welcome to a Kitty-Kcit blog.
ASSERTION anagrammatises to ‘arsonites’, ‘notarises’, ‘rosinates’ and ‘senoritas’…which one is Senorita Skylark maybe leading us towards?…
“Clues are in normal order, giving every normal entry successively, in sequence. Answers must be entered routinely, in their entirety. Not all clues have orthodox solutions; seven are missing and require identifying, then answering, never straightforwardly. Highlight a phrase that identifies clues; four lines of six, symmetrically.”
Extra letters in the across clues spell out a description of two consecutive moves for the title of the puzzle. This need to be applied to the king in the grid leaving empty … Read more >>
Hello. A nice short preamble this week, with nothing confusing:
After ‘Death on the Nile‘ two weeks ago, we have moved up to Luxor…
“Clues are given in alphabetical order of their answers, which must be entered where they will fit. Starting at the top left corner, the unclued perimeter identifies who became famous and the reason why, while the other two unclued entries reveal what caused this UNDESIRABLE CELEBRITY. Each clue contains an extra word; in normal clue order, the first, middle or last letters of these (approximately equal numbers of each) instruct what must be highlighted in the grid. Unchecked and mutually cross-checking letters from unclued entries could give SHOWS SPRING’S FLASH STUNTS. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
Ovid supplies this week’s puzzle. Two thematic clues to investigate further, extra letters in the word play of all the across clues affecting seven cells and five down clues with additional words in … Read more >>
Hello from Westward Ho! Well, almost.
The phrase ‘HAPPY ENDING’ can have several meanings…at least one of them being not very salubrious – let’s hope Kcit keeps it clean!…
“Two down entries are on the BORDERLINE and clued without definition. Three other contiguous border entries are appropriate to their location. Wordplay in all other clues indicates the answer with an extra letter that is not entered in the grid; these spell out an instruction affecting 32 cells. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended; 37a is in the Oxford Dictionary of English.”
Extra words in each clue spell out an instruction. A published work to be filled in around the perimeter and its author to complete the unclued entry. Fairly straight forward clues this week. … Read more >>
Hello everyone. Is Eclogue going to take us clubbing?
I made a flying start to this puzzle, but then crashed and burned a bit…! What sort of CAREER is Ifor referring to?…