Never knowingly undersolved
I think I’ve said before that the preamble is often the most difficult part of the blog to write. I really can’t remember a harder one than this one – it has taken … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle from Paul to end the week. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Ugly thing, thorny area with trees (7) ORCHARD ORC [ugly thing] + HARD [thorny] 5 Only … Read more >>
Found this a little tricky, struggling to finish in the SW corner. Favourites were 13ac, 7dn, 14dn, and 16dn. Thanks to Brummie
A very enjoyable VLAD this morning – quite a challenge
The puzzle can be solved online here.
A delightful Quiptic from Hectence, I thought. Because it’s a beginners’ puzzle, I have tried to give full explanations, but if there is anything you don’t get, just ask. Abbreviations … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27562.
I’ll be interested to see if other people found this as tough as we did! It’s one of those ones where looking back I’m not sure why it was quite so hard, but … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27560.
Paul makes his weekly appearance on Thursday this week. A bit of a mixture of straightforward clues and a few trickier ones, including a couple of amusing ‘homophones’ and one or … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle with some lovely surfaces, and a couple of niggles that turned up while blogging without spoiling the solving. Favourites were 13ac, 22ac, 24ac, 21dn, and 23dn.
Puck helpfully tells us that today’s puzzle is to celebrate a 60th birthday…
Anto’s turn in the Quiptic slot this week.
The puzzle can be solved online here.
A tough themed puzzle from Puck this week.