Never knowingly undersolved
This puzzle has still not been published on the Guardian site – I’ve been hanging back hoping it would appear, but no joy yet. There’s a pdf version here, but, as the setter … 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.) A relatively easy and enjoyable puzzle … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26797.
I’m always pleased to find Nutmeg’s name on a puzzle, especially when I’m blogging because, even when there’s a bit of a challenge, I know I can completely trust the integrity of the … Read more >>
Bonjour. Thank goodness January is over. Slightly terse blog this morning, because I’m on a bit of a mission with work commitments. But good stuff from Moley – what did you think? … Read more >>
Thanks Rufus for a very enjoyable start to the week. Favourites 10ac, 25ac, and 14dn
A new setter, Soup, and a novel device in a puzzle which proved to be much easier than last month’s offering, but which unfortunately was beset with technical problems.
Maybe our crossword ability is atrophying due to lack of practice, but we found this one really tough! (Normally we romp through Paul’s puzzles.) Anyway, this was a puzzle of the usual very … Read more >>
Lots of fun from Qaos today
A few of today’s clues seem to have escaped from the Quiptic, but there were a couple of others whose parsing took a while to sort out. Lots of references to dances of … Read more >>
Bonxie only appears occasionally (four times last year) and so, with all the other puzzles I have solved in the interim, I could not remember his style and what to expect. I found … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26790.
Once again, Rufus fulfils his brief to ease us into the crossword week. As always with Rufus, there are some clever anagrams, with lovely surfaces [1, 15, 22 and 26ac]. There are fewer … Read more >>
Provis has had a colourful career.
It’s been quite a while since we’ve had a Tramp puzzle in the prize slot and this one was certainly worth the wait.