Never knowingly undersolved
Imogen rounds off a good week of puzzles with an interesting and enjoyable challenge. I found lots to admire here – witty and ingenious cluing with some fine surfaces. I had about a … Read more >>
Great fun and a tough solve. Many favourites including 1ac, 6ac, 26ac, 5dn, 9dn, and 18dn. Thanks to Picaroon for the puzzle
I enjoyed this a lot – thanks to Qaos.
One from the Don this morning.
This is getting a bit silly. Sorry for the late blog, but it has taken me a while to sort all this out. Anto has his fans, of his cryptic Guardian puzzles mainly, … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28878.
The Guardian Genius this month is set by Picaroon The preamble was fairly lengthy but quite understandable. We were told that: All 12 across solutions contain within them a word … Read more >>
I was lucky to get one of my favourite setters, Brendan, this week – this was an excellent puzzle with a really interesting theme worked throughout almost all the clues The theme here … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28876.
Picaroon’s name on a puzzle is a welcome sight on a grey morning and he’s on top form today. I found this an enjoyable challenge, with a medley of clue types: a couple … Read more >>
Had a quick start before getting stuck quite a few times . Favourites were 8ac, 13ac, 18ac, 4dn, and 14dn. Thanks to Vlad.
I seemed to be very much on Brummie’s wavelength this morning and got through this pretty quickly. No theme that I can see, but you never know… Thanks to Brummie. Across 1 … Read more >>
A good example of a Quiptic, with clear clues and nothing too obscure.
A typical Monday puzzle from Vulcan.
A great puzzle with a remarkable double anagram.