Never knowingly undersolved
Rather a mixed bag from Rufus today; some of the cryptic definitions are not very cryptic but, apart from that, there are some neat clues, with good story-telling surfaces. Happy Bank Holiday, everyone! … Read more >>
As is typical of Puck’s puzzles, this challenging Genius has lots of satisfying and intricate wordplay. The across clues are all of the DLM (Definition and Letter Mixture) type, which neither of us … Read more >>
‘Special instructions’ always make me wobble a bit and when I first looked at this, knowing that I was down to blog it, I was getting ready to regret my recent comments about … Read more >>
I found this a bit of a struggle, but it yielded in the end, with the bottom half going in first. Across 1. Engineer in a car plant (6) ARNICA An anagram (‘engineer’) … Read more >>
Another great puzzle from Tramp, with the hallmarks we have come to recognise and appreciate – witty and ingenious cluing, fine story-telling surfaces and interesting references. Previous Tramp puzzles have had themes based … Read more >>
Not too difficult a Pasquale today. Some nice surfaces, abundant use of the containment device, some religious references here and there, reference to a not obscure but raunchy person, and the last one for … Read more >>
Well my first ever blog at the Guardian, and I get Crucible who I know rather better as Radian. Used to a theme, but let’s see if I get the picture… Well 9d … Read more >>
Not a puzzle that I can say I enjoyed, and it wasn’t helped by a couple of errors and a typo. I look forward to your comments. Most of the definitions given are … Read more >>
I found this a bit harder to get going on than usual for Rufus, but after getting a few answers in it all fell into place quite quickly. I have to say I … Read more >>
Apologies for the lateness of this post. We did the puzzle last weekend, but in the general chaos of moving house, I completely forgot that I was also meant to be writing it … Read more >>
A typically delightful offering from Araucaria.
The usual Gordius mix, I think. Across 1 INVOICE: simple charade of IN [fashionable – yet again] + VOICE [singing] 5 GOODBYE: anagram [trip] of BODY and EGO: the clue actually indicates that … Read more >>
This is Philistine’s eighth appearance since his Guardian debut almost exactly a year ago (26th May 2011). As seems to be the norm for his puzzles, this one was fairly straightforward, but with … Read more >>
Every year on 31 December, nmsindy posts an annual review of the Indy puzzles on 15 sq giving average solving times for each setter. Very often I’ve been asked “How do the other … Read more >>
Not the blogger you were led last week to expect [I’m a 23’s 23 today] with a rather later blog than usual for a Tuesday [but Uncle Yap has a 7-hour start on … Read more >>