Never knowingly undersolved
Not too taxing a puzzle from Paul today, with a number of anagrams, insertions, double definitions and charades to help things along. Thanks to him for being fairly gentle at a busy time … Read more >>
Lots of clever tricks from Vlad today, but quite a mixed bag in both difficulty and enjoyment for me. I really liked 17ac, 6dn and 7dn.
A typically high-quality puzzle from Picaroon today, with no theme (as far as I can see at this time in the morning) though a lot of reversals in the clues. Thanks to Picaroon … Read more >>
A rather mixed bag today with some very easy clues to gain a foothold into the grid and others that needed quite a bit of thought to work out the solution and parsing. … Read more >>
A slow start to this, but then a quick finish. Thanks to Provis. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Mock journalist about journey by bike (6) DERIDE : Reversal of(… about) … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26754.
Hurrah! – another prize puzzle like what they used to be: not too difficult but needing – for me, at least – a bit of teasing out and a bit longer time than a … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26752.
A lovely puzzle from Paul, ingenious and witty, with a most congenial, for me, mini-theme. It caused a fair bit of head-scratching: several answers were inspired guesses, leading to relieved ‘ahas’ when the parsing … Read more >>
A quick solve and very enjoyable – favourites were 6ac and 12dn.
An enjoyable puzzle from Brummie with some helpful anagrams to get things going. Thanks to the setter. Getting 12a and 22a early on led me to the theme of Andy Warhol and his … Read more >>
It’s Monday, it’s Rufus, so we know what to expect – plenty of double/cryptic definitions (though perhaps not quite as many as some weeks judging by the blogs I’ve read in the past), … Read more >>
An excellent Quiptic this morning. But what do you expect? Look who the setter is. I’ll be recommending this one to my friends who are still trying to learn the Dark Arts. … Read more >>
Hello all, This one took me a few sittings, as should be the case. Enjoyable. As ever, I’m amazed by the grid constructions for puzzles like this. I found myself singing the bridge to this song … Read more >>
A tough but fair prize puzzle from Crucible. The there were some special instructions for this puzzle that read: Five across and eight down solutions involve, wholly or in part, some of 5 … Read more >>