Never knowingly undersolved
Carpathian slips comfortably into the Monday slot with a straightforward puzzle with some elegant clues (including several old favourites) and smooth surfaces. The four long answers at 1 and 26ac and 7 and … Read more >>
Hectence is a long-standing setter of the Quiptic and has produced a pleasing puzzle this morning which was solvable with a bit of pencil-chewing. Degree of difficulty is such a moveable feast when … Read more >>
I thought this was a witty and very enjoyable puzzle from Picaroon. Many thanks to the setter! Across 1. After palaver, bets a rogue is to avoid dismissal (5,4,3) CARRY ONE’S BAT CARRY … Read more >>
Pasquale rounds off the week with an interesting and enjoyable puzzle. There are two excellent long anagrams down the sides of the puzzle and a clever piece of misdirection at 6dn, which … Read more >>
A tricky solve in parts, with some parsing only worked through when writing up the blog. Favourites 14ac, 19ac, 28ac and 29ac. Thanks to Brendan
A nice puzzle with some elegant clueing. Thanks to Pangakupu. I noticed that the left and right columns contained the letters KORIPO MARAMA, which I see means bad weather in the Māori language. … Read more >>
A landmark puzzle from Boatman.
Another puzzle from a fairly new Quiptic setter; I think this is Bartland’s third.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28968.
A theme appropriate to a puzzle in a morning newspaper for this week’s prize competition.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28966.
A fairly tough challenge today from Tramp – very enjoyable and satisfying to solve. I could have begun as Andrew did a month ago: ‘A fun puzzle from Tramp, with some ingenious … Read more >>
A quicker solve than usual for a Qaos puzzle, but with some tricky parsing to complete at the end. Lots of favourites including 24ac, 29ac, 1dn, 5dn, 7dn, 8dn, 15dn, and 23dn.
An enjoyable puzzle with not too many holdups, though one clue has got its parts mixed up. Thanks to Brummie. Brummie’s puzzles often have a ghost theme, but if there’s one here I … Read more >>
As often happens with this setter in Quiptic mode (which he at least appears to be in here), there are a small number of clues which seem a bit clunky, or over-engineered. Your … Read more >>