Never knowingly undersolved
After yesterday’s expert duffing-up by Vlad I was expecting (or hoping for?) something a little gentler today, but I found this one pretty hard too. However, it was soundly and accurately clued (apart … Read more >>
Sorry I’m not able to give full justice to this great crossword
(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.) Thanks to Pan for a puzzle … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26634.
I know I’m not the only one to be sorely missing Saturday ‘Araubeticals’ [© Muck] and it was a real joy to find this one from Puck, one of my favourite setters. It … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26632.
It was something of a surprise to see a Paul puzzle with a theme that was so overtly stated and that at first sight seemed rather daunting. Paul had a wealth of outlandish … Read more >>
Plenty of fun, and trickier than usual for a Chifonie. Favourites 10ac and 21ac.
I started off slowly on this one (for no obvious reason), but it yielded steadily, making a very enjoyable and satisfying solve. Thanks to Shed. Across 9. … Read more >>
Well it’s Monday, it’s Rufus, what do you think you’ll be getting?
Moley has produced a fine Quiptic for us this morning. Plenty of Easy Annies to get us going, then the rest clearly clued with some lovely surfaces. And as we have remarked many … Read more >>
A very enjoyable prize puzzle from Paul … … with a theme of Presidents of the USA. Here are the references I spotted: Obama in 9 across Carter in 10 across Eisenhower in … Read more >>
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The puzzle maybe found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26625.
The usual fun from Qaos, with a nice variety of clues and good surfaces throughout. One of the challenges with a Qaos puzzle is spotting a theme but this one was fairly easily … Read more >>