Never knowingly undersolved
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 3, 2015 I found this puzzle easy but good. My top clues are 1a (GRASSHOPPER) and 16d (NICOTINE). ACROSS 1 Right to punch one buying … Read more >>
I have blogged a few Alberich puzzles now and they have been consistently good, this one no exception. Thanks Alberich.
Entertaining puzzle this.
This serving from the Don can be aptly likened to being a Jekyll-and-Hyde type of grid – polarized between some very easy clues and some true brain-busters.
Well, this wasn’t much fun. I’m prepared to consider the possibility that my brain has been stultified by mince pies and sherry but in any case I found this a slog.
Monday Prize Crossword/Dec 29 The last prize puzzle of 2014 and a very enjoyable one it was. Immaculately clued by a setter who still has to write a bad crossword. Idea for a New Year’s … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 27, 2014 I especially like three of Goliath’s clues for two-word terms in this puzzle: 5,29 (STRING THEORY), 21,21 (BANK BALANCE) and 22,23 (HIATUS HERNIA). … Read more >>
A tricky one from Monk.
First puzzle in the new year and it is one of my favourite setters.
My pleasure to blog a Gaffle as the first FT grid of the New Year 2015 – and like all others before it from the globetrotter, an absolute delight to tackle.
Prize crossword from the FT of December 20, 2014 Due to a mistake on my part stemming from the unusually small print on this special crossword, this blog was published about a day … Read more >>
An excellent puzzle for anyone starting out at cryptic crossword solving. You can have a go at the puzzle here.
Thanks Orense.
Monday Prize Crossword/Dec 22 As in previous years Dante [aka Rufus] gave us a Carte Rosée, a crossword without black squares and clue numbers, the clues lacking enumeration too. Although Dante didn’t tell us, … Read more >>
New year wishes in advance to all solvers and setters.