Never knowingly undersolved
After yesterday’s Berkshire, Boatman gives us a puzzle where a large proportion of the clues mention pigs one way or another. Apart from the SW corner, which took me a while to complete, … Read more >>
A tough Tuesday challenge from Vlad.
Quite straightforward. Thanks to Provis. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Take down a French exercise, grudgingly at first (5) UNPEG : UN(French for “a”) + PE(abbrev. for “physical education”, ie. … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27233.
It’s always good to see an alphabetical puzzle in the Prize slot – Paul’s second offering, I think, but it may be more – and this proved to be a satisfying challenge. Rather … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27231.
A fairly straightforward offering from Paul, with the relatively easy long answers at 14,16ac and 1 and 8dn giving some handy openings. Favourite clues: 10, 17 and 26ac Thanks to Paul and to … Read more >>
Very enjoyable – favourites were 1ac and 19ac. Thanks, Screw.
I was planning to start this blog by saying “it’s been a while since I blogged an Arachne puzzle”, and then found that that was exactly what I said when I last did … Read more >>
Pan is one of the well-established Quiptic setters and invariably provides us with a good start to the week. He/she has done so here again, although the grid, with lots of clues with … Read more >>
A better than average Rufus today.
This is only the second puzzle by Imogen I’ve ended up blogging, which is a shame, because his puzzles are brilliant – this is another cracker, I think. The theme here was DEAD … Read more >>
As usual, an enjoyable crossword from Philistine, to whom, thanks. A couple of tricky ones were the last in. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 A delicate pregnant lady’s clothing displayed with … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27224.
Nutmeg’s crystal ball must have been working overtime when she set this one because of the various topical entries/references. A well as the NI political party, currently much in the news, forming part of … Read more >>