Never knowingly undersolved
Well, we know Rufus has his own style, but with (by my reckoning) 8 cryptic and 8 double definitions I think we can justifiably complain about a lack of clue variety in this … Read more >>
A quick look at the archive suggests that this is only Provis’s second appearance, and my first chance to blog him or her. I thought this was a fine Quiptic. Nothing to frighten … Read more >>
An entertaining puzzle which took me a while to figure out what was going on.
As seems to be usual when I solve a Picaroon puzzle, I started off thinking I was going to get nowhere with this one, but slow progress became a bit faster as I … 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.) This is the first Puck I … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26229. Lashings of envelopes, the odd oddity, but basically straightforward. Across 1. Careless chums must turn to run (8) SLAPDASH A charade of SLAP, a reversal … Read more >>
It’s a while since we had a puzzle from Crucible*, one of my favourite setters, and I see that it’s well over a year since I blogged one of his, so I was … 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 standard Quiptic puzzle, with lots … Read more >>
Enjoyed this, but just wasn’t on the right wavelength for Rufus’s cryptic defs this week, so my last couple in took considerably longer after the rest was done. 27ac was my favourite.
The preamble told us that eleven clues lead to the second part of a thematically related solution, not further defined. However, the letter counts with these clues refer to the first part of … Read more >>
I really enjoyed this. It all went in without any problems but with lots of entertainment and smiles along the way, with a mini-theme to help keep things going. I know Paul’s somewhat … Read more >>
Very entertaining from Paul today, with lots of clever cluing – 9/18ac, 21ac, 26ac, 1dn, 5/7dn and 23/20dn were particular favourites. Not too difficult though, despite some unfamiliar words at 5ac, 14ac and 27ac.
It’s only just over two weeks since I blogged Nutmeg’s last cryptic puzzle (and there’s been a Quiptic in between as well)> I have no complaints about that: this puzzle is a bit … Read more >>
A pleasant outing from Tramp with nothing too hard. There are three references to film actresses – does that make a theme? Across 1 Buffet snack served with wicked lunch (not cold) (7,8) … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26222. I had to cast about for an entry point to this puzzle, and eventually (with a little bit of luck) solved it from the bottom up, … Read more >>