Never knowingly undersolved
What a lovely Monday morning surprise, to find a puzzle by Brendan, after a nine-month absence! A puzzle that couldn’t have been more up my street. I had only three across … Read more >>
A good Quiptic, with the NE corner the last to yield. Thanks to Carpathian. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Swimmer private investigator managed to hoax regularly (7) PIRANHA : PI(abbrev. … Read more >>
Well, it was pretty surely not going to be Paul, since we’d had him the previous Saturday and the following Friday, so I was intrigued as to who would get this Prize slot, … Read more >>
Eileen still has internet access problems (hopefully being resolved today) and so has asked me to cover for her. I was pleased to see that it was Tramp today but then less pleased … Read more >>
Fun and challenging stuff, with a quick start into a slow finish and some tricky parsing afterwards. Favourites 13ac, 6dn, 8dn, and 15dn. Thanks to Imogen.
Another excellent puzzle from our favourite pirate, which revealed its secrets gradually and satisfyingly. Thanks to Picaroon. Across 1. INSURMOUNTABLE Cover put around album not working? It’s … Read more >>
A not so spicy Nutmeg offering today.
A delightful Quiptic from Pan this morning which will have given many less experienced solvers the ‘yes, finished it!’ experience. If there is anything that I haven’t explained well enough, just ask. … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27682.
Well, this was fun, though I would have preferred it to have lasted a little longer. The first clue that I solved during my first quick pass through them was 24ac, which was … Read more >>
We normally complete Paul’s crosswords pretty quickly, but this one took ages! That’s a bit surprising in retrospect since there’s nothing very obscure here. A high quality puzzle, as ever – thank-you, Paul! … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27680.
A blog posted in haste and with fingers crossed, together with my apologies for its late appearance. I was having great problems all day yesterday with my newly-installed router and at bedtime I … Read more >>
All very smooth with some lovely surfaces – favourite clues were 1ac, 24ac, 26ac, 2dn, 7dn, 15dn, and 22dn. Thanks to Chifonie
Mostly pretty straightforward clueing from Qaos today…