Never knowingly undersolved
A quick solve for me today, helped by getting the four long down answers early on. Thanks to Pangakupu for the puzzle. I’ve looked for the customary Maori Nina: all I can see … Read more >>
Vulcan sets the Guardian cryptic puzzle every second Monday at the moment.
Apologies for the lateness and brevity – the puzzle can be found here
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian, intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
Pasquale pays one of his fairly rare visits to the Prize slot, with a typically well-constructed and meticulously clued puzzle, with a variety of clue types and one or two less familiar (or … Read more >>
Thank you to Kite. Definitions are underlined in the clues. I can’t parse one. Across 9 At age close to retirement, Ivy fit to have sex toys (5-4) SIXTY-FIVE : Anagram of(… toys) … Read more >>
Apologies, the blog will be late today.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29647.
It’s Brummie occupying the midweek slot again, with a reasonably straightforward puzzle. My apologies for a rather rudimentary blog, any errors or omissions and my possible inability to revisit later, owing to family … Read more >>
A fun solve with a variety of general knowledge references. Favourites were 1ac, 11ac, 17ac, 25ac, and 5dn. Thanks to Yank
Straightforward Monday fare, but there are (for my taste) rather too many examples of the definition not grammatically matching the answer. Thanks to Anto for the puzzle. Across 1 HAIL MARY Fellow, … Read more >>
Pasquale in the driving seat for the Quiptic this week, which means a sound, carefully-constructed puzzle which should encourage newer solvers and briefly entertain older hands. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition … Read more >>
This week’s 11 x 11 crossword from the Guardian, intended to teach cryptic crosswords, found here
A pleasant diversion from Brockwell, with a few tricky misdirections and internal cross-references . . .
Phew, that was hard. Thanks to Vlad for the impalement. Across 1 NOT MY CUP OF TEA Face up to Tony in desperation keeping money – I don’t like it (3,2,3,2,3)M in … Read more >>