Never knowingly undersolved
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 >>
Apologies for the lateness of this post; I’d missed the reminder in my calendar that it was my turn to post about the prize crossword. This is an impressively themed crossword with some … Read more >>
There were a couple of tricky ones that delayed me at the end. Thanks Bonxie. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9 I ate lunch drunk — wicked! (9) UNETHICAL : Anagram … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26984.
A reasonably straightforward puzzle from Imogen this morning. I found this rather less of a challenge than usual for Imogen. I liked the homophone clues and 5dn made me smile but, otherwise, I … Read more >>
Tricky fun with plenty of misdirection – some favourites were 16ac, 22ac, 5dn and 15dn, and the biggest laugh went to 18dn. Thanks, Picaroon
A lovely surprise to find Orlando waiting for me this morning.