Never knowingly undersolved
It’s an unusually long time since we had a Chifonie puzzle and even longer since a Rufusless Monday. Apart from what I think must be a mistake in 20ac, we have a pretty … Read more >>
A straightforward puzzle from Shed that gave everyone the chance to enter the prize draw this week. Thanks Shed.
I read and solved 24dn whilst the puzzle was being printed so, as I often do, I started at the end and worked backwards. This led to a speedy fill of the bottom … Read more >>
Found this tough to get into and then was stuck for a long time with 12ac and 1dn last in. Many great clues – particular favourites were both 22s, 2dn, 5dn and 16dn. Thanks, Vlad.
Qaos commented yesterday that “you’ve a really good one to look forward to tomorrow”, and here it is. As is often the case with Tramp, there are lots of references to a theme … Read more >>
Themed offering from Qaos
A nice and neat and easy enough Quiptic. Thanks to Hectence. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9 Fashionable mink has one consumed with anger (9) INFURIATE : IN(fashionable, as in “the in-crowd”) … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26993.
Well, I pretty well knew what to expect, after two consecutive Saturdays [unusually] without a Prize Paul and no puzzle from him during the week. So, a Paul puzzle – and, as it soon … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26991.
Grrrh! On a busy morning, my laptop turned itself off without warning just as I was finishing the blog and when I plugged in, it had disappeared! I hope I haven’t made too … Read more >>
At the looser end of things, but fun once I got into it…
It was a great pleasure to find Nutmeg as the setter on my return from a couple of weeks away in the Highlands (thanks to Gaufrid for standing in for me). No need … Read more >>
When I started solving and blogging this morning, there wasn’t a setter’s name on the puzzle. No matter – I enjoyed solving and blogging it. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd … Read more >>
I only needed one pass through the clues to finish this one, despite being somewhat under the influence of alcohol (in my case whisky) so it must have been easy. In fact focusing … Read more >>