Never knowingly undersolved
It’s Monday, it’s Rufus, so the usual preponderance of cryptic/double definitions (perhaps not quite so many as there have been at times) with an anagram, a hidden and a few charades. Not my … Read more >>
As seems to happen with monotonous regularity with the Genius, the first challenge was to get hold a usable copy of the puzzle. First the “printable version” link led to a blank grid … Read more >>
The Bank Holiday Prize puzzle, as is now traditional, comes from Maskarade.
I wondered who I was going to get today, now I know. Crucible has given us a themed puzzle commemorating an event that started 350 years ago today – the Great Fire of … Read more >>
(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) Not that hard, as it turned … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26977.
Teachers here are going back after the holidays for a Teacher Day and I no longer have to! 😉 And what better way to celebrate, than with a puzzle from Arachne? This is … Read more >>
Very good Quiptic from Pan for our bank holiday entertainment – or at least for those of us who are enjoying a bank holiday today. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition … Read more >>
Smooth sailing, with some nice surfaces and favourites 21ac, 22ac and 5dn. Thanks, Rufus
Engaging and fun to solve. I am very impressed how Paul keeps churning out puzzles without becoming predictable and repetitive. How does he do it?Thanks Paul, keep it up!
Very enjoyable, with…
I don’t know why I was solving this at around 4:30am! Well I do, I awoke early and decided to see who I was going to blog today. Whilst the puzzle was printing, I solved … Read more >>
One for fans of container clues
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26970.
Here’s Rufus, with an entetaining medley of double and cryptic definitions and some neat anagrams, with lovely surfaces, as ever, to launch us into the week. Thanks, Rufus – I enjoyed it. Across 9 … Read more >>