Never knowingly undersolved
I made a promising start on my first pass through the clues, but rather struggled to finish it offl as is often the case, it all looks reasonably straightforward in retrospect. The subject … Read more >>
Imogen brings up the century
The crossword may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28675.
It’s Pan starting the week today. A straightforward puzzle with just a couple of new words for me at 7dn and 27dn. There are some nice surfaces throughout the puzzle. … Read more >>
Always a pleasure to solve and blog a Carpathian puzzle. A Quiptic that hits the mark for the target audience, with the bonus of being a pangram. There will be someone out there … Read more >>
Absolutely no ambiguity about the preamble this month, but a tricky challenge nonetheless.
This is my first ever blog of a Paul Grauniad Cryptic, although I did cover one of his Genius puzzles back in 2018…
My apologies for the late (and woefully inadequate) blog – nothing really to do with the fact that it’s an Enigmatist puzzle, when I was quite confidently expecting a Paul, since we haven’t … Read more >>
A pleasant solve with some nice surfaces – my favourites were 1ac, 10ac, 3dn, 5dn, 6dn, and 20dn. Thanks to Anto for the puzzle.
I found this a bit easier than usual for a Tramp, despite some well-concealed definitions and quite intricate constructions, including a number of anagrams where the fodder included some extra letters. Very enjoyable … Read more >>
Qaos takes us out of this world today.
Thank you to Pasquale. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Soldiers to yield or retreat (6) RECEDE : RE(abbrev. for the Royal Engineers, soldiers in the British Army) + CEDE(to yield/to … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28668.
This, for me, was a real Saturday Prize puzzle – challenging to solve and parse and very satisfying to complete, with some smiles along the way. There’s the usual good variety of clue … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28666.