Never knowingly undersolved
Five weeks ago today, I blogged Ludwig’s first puzzle. I think now that I might have foreseen a second one by this ‘new’ setter. The puzzle coincided with the first episode of the … Read more >>
Clever clues and nice surfaces – my favourites were 9ac, 11ac, 17ac, and 19dn. Thanks to Imogen for the puzzle.
We haven’t had a Brendan puzzle since early June, so it was a pleasant surprise to see his name on this one. I started off thinking it was going to be a write-in, … Read more >>
The piratical one is good at this Quiptic stuff, isn’t he? I judged that this was nicely pitched and carefully clued; but as always, what the beginners and improving solvers thought is much … Read more >>
This is the thirtieth Guardian Quick Cryptic, a series of 11 x 11 crosswords designed to support beginners learning cryptic crosswords. The whole point of these crosswords is support and encouragement of new solvers, so special rules for these crosswords apply – see here. There is a summary of the tricks used in the first six months here. This puzzle can be found here.
With a Pasquale Prize Crossword you know you are going to get a well-constructed puzzle, perhaps with a couple of lesser-known words in the entries. Pasquale’s puzzles usually include entries … Read more >>
A good mixture of clues, with some easy ones to get things started and a few that took a bit of working out. Thanks to Tramp for the entertaining challenge. Best wishes to … Read more >>
Good morning Guardian solvers. I’m being allowed to come over from the Indy dark side on another guest spot, so I guess my last one wasn’t so heinous.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29521.
It’s over a year since I last blogged an Anto puzzle and, as usual, it took a little while to tune in to his wavelength. Something of a mixed bag of clues, with … Read more >>
A nice puzzle from Vulcan – I really liked 12ac, and other favourites were 22ac, 28ac, and 21dn.
This week’s Quiptic crossword comes from Picaroon, who sets at a range of levels (he set this Saturday’s Quick Cryptic too) and dials the difficulty up and down. The Quiptic is “a web-only, cryptic puzzle for beginners and those in a hurry. It is published every Sunday” and this one can be found here.
This is the twenty-ninth Guardian Quick Cryptic, a series of 11 x 11 crosswords designed to support beginners learning cryptic crosswords. The whole point of these crosswords is support and encouragement of new solvers, so special rules for these crosswords apply – see here. There is a summary of what has been learned over the first 6 months (26 puzzles) here. The puzzle can be found here.
A nice puzzle with some tricky parsings. My favourites were 9ac, 20ac, and 14dn. Thanks to Pangakupu