Never knowingly undersolved
Solid Monday fare from Vulcan. Across 1 POSTBAG Many letters received after a number of animals shot (7)POST (after) + BAG (number of animals shot) 5 LOURING Scowling, dropping some flour in … Read more >>
Thank you to Pan. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 8. Get rid of club’s fuel (8) FIREWOOD : FIRE(to get rid of/to dismiss, from a job, say) + WOOD(a type of … Read more >>
It’s Paul coinciding with my monthly Saturday blogging slot again, on the day of the York S and B. I took my paper with me to read on the train, not wanting to … Read more >>
Things didn’t click today, and I found this quite hard going throughout, but in retrospect most of the parsing is reasonably straightforward, so maybe it’s just me. Thanks to Paul. Across 1 … Read more >>
Thank you to Vlad. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. One word and all hell’s let loose — they’ll pay for this (5,4,4) HEADS WILL ROLL : Anagram of(… let loose) … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28593.
It’s Tramp providing our entertainment today, with a puzzle that I found a delight from beginning to end. I haven’t detected a theme, apart from a couple of references to dentistry – but … Read more >>
The Quiptic is branded as being for ‘beginners and those in a hurry’, and a fine institution it is. I will not, however, be recommending this one to those in the ‘beginners’ category. … Read more >>
Very enjoyable – favourites today were 9ac, 17ac, 27ac, and 5dn. Thanks to Anto for the puzzle
For Qaos’ Genius 220, we are told that: “With 12 solutions our Inspector’s coding is the wrong way round. His mistakes in these 12 cases need to be reversed before entry in the grid.”
I found this fairly straightforward for a prize puzzle (a rare one that I did in a single sitting), but found it a fun and satisfying solve. I didn’t notice any particular theme, … Read more >>
Took a little while to get started then finished quite quickly. Favourites were 1ac, 14ac, 26ac, 5dn, 6dn, and 15dn. Thanks to Fed.
The welcome sight of Brendan’s name on a puzzle is a promise of and enjoyable, but not too difficult, puzzle, and so it was on this occasion. Thanks to Brendan. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN famously … Read more >>
One from the main man…
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28586.