Never knowingly undersolved
Assuming that many Quiptic solvers are also Cryptic ones and considering that I won’t be blogging a Cryptic until next week, here are apologies to you for my absence last Thursday. I was … Read more >>
A typical Monday miscellany of cryptic / double definitions, ingenious anagrams and smooth surfaces from Rufus to start our week. Many thanks to him. [Readers will no doubt be glad to hear this … Read more >>
So, six clues have the correct wordplay for the grid entry but the definition is that of a word or phrase formed by combining the grid entry with one of the unclued entries. … Read more >>
Well, I’m certainly not complaining about this Prize puzzle not being challenging enough / being over too quickly! I had all the answers in on Saturday but it took a day or … Read more >>
Here we have the wide range of references and creative clueing typical of Araucaria. Like yesterday’s Crucible. the puzzle is liberally sprinkled with envelopes. And it surely can be described as colourful. Across … Read more >>
I’m really sticking my neck out here but there seems to be some problem about today’s blog. The normal practice would be for Gaufrid to ask for a replacement, or to await offers, … Read more >>
I thoroughly enjoyed this entertaining puzzle from Brendan, with its mini-theme which leads us off in several directions, with a variety of witty cluing, as ever I have a feeling that I’m missing … Read more >>
Quite an easy canter except for a couple of hard-boiled eggs, which you should expect from Gordius. Place cursor over clue number to read the clue Across 1 SPUTUM Ins of … Read more >>
Nutmeg once again gives us a puzzle which is just right for the Quiptic genre. The usual variety of clues with nothing that should be beyond the newer solver. I look forward to … Read more >>
I found this hard than average for Rufus, mainly because the structure of many of the clues (which is usually completely straightforward) is very well hidden in a smooth surface reading. I have … Read more >>
A very enjoyable prize puzzle from Araucaria, with a mini-theme based on 27a (also my favourite clue in the puzzle). There were a couple here I needed to Google to be able to … Read more >>
I found this quite difficult.
I haven’t blogged an Orlando crossword for months, so I was very pleased to see his name on this one – a witty puzzle, with lots of fine surfaces and clever misdirection, as … Read more >>
I was worried when my first pass though the clues yielded only a couple of answers, but persistence gradually paid off. The usual variety of witty clueing from Paul, though with none of … Read more >>
Brummie set out to do something unusual but the result was not all that inspiring, probably due to awkward Down words, forcing him to abandon after two down clues. The word SET is … Read more >>