Never knowingly undersolved
A great way to start my blogging year – a puzzle from Picaroon! There are a couple of excellent anagrams here, at 17ac and 3dn, along with the customary witty wordplay, definitions and … Read more >>
A very pleasant and gentle start to the year – favourites were 1dn and 8dn. Thanks to Chifonie, and Happy New Year to all.
Bonne Année et Bonne Santé! There, that’s my allocation of exclamation marks for 2018 used up. Now onto the first Quiptic of 2018 (or is it?) This puzzle appears on the Guardian … Read more >>
The Instructions: In each clue the wordplay indicates an extra letter, not required for its solution. These extras letters in clue order spell out an instruction as to how a number of solutions … Read more >>
Some lovely clues – my favourites were 29ac, 9dn and 15dn. Thanks Crucible.
It’s a pleasure to have one of Screw’s relatively rare appearances for my last blog of the year. Good fun as always, with some slightly tricky parsings, and quite a few well-concealed definitions, … Read more >>
Sorry for the late blog – post-Christmas fuzziness is my only excuse!
Never a dull moment with the Grauniad. I wasn’t really expecting a Quiptic on 25th December, and on checking first thing, there wasn’t one. Later in the day, there was: the numbering was … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27389.
A puzzle with a political theme for my last blog of the year.
When I saw Paul’s name this morning, I thought we might be getting the rogue puzzle that appeared for a short time online in Monday’s fiasco but it turned out not to be. … Read more >>
Very enjoyable, and fairly tough – I got a bit stuck in the top left with an unfamiliar word. Really liked 10ac, 11ac, 2dn and 20dn. Many thanks to Shed.
Not too difficult for a Brummie, though there are a couple rather obscure words and a few names that may be unfamiliar, though clearly clued. I can’t explain 6d. As usual with this … Read more >>
Today’s Guardian puzzle can be found here.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27383.