Never knowingly undersolved
I was not really surprised to see Paul’s name on this puzzle, as he hadn’t appeared during the week and it was two weeks since his last Prize offering. A quick first glance … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29505.
It was a bit of a surprise to find this puzzle by Paul, just a couple of hours after finalising my blog of his Prize puzzle from last Saturday. We have a clearly … Read more >>
A nice mix of clues – I especially liked 4ac, 3dn, 6dn, and 10dn. Thanks to Pasquale
A couple of tricky moments in this one, but I was helped a little by … … spotting the theme quite early on. It’s the films of Tom CRUISE, including MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, MINORITY … Read more >>
A tougher than usual Monday challenge.
Picaroon on fine form with this week’s Quiptic. A pleasing and tractable puzzle with some delightful surface readings. Bravo. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind … Read more >>
This is an experiment – but it seemed a useful point to summarise the new tricks developed by the Quick Cryptic Crosswords in the Guardian after the first 6 months. The 26th crossword in this series of 11 x 11 crosswords to support new solvers has been published and so far…
This is the twenty-sixth 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. The puzzle can be found here.
Apart from a few tricky/innovative clues, this Prize entry felt relatively straightforward.
Thank you to Enigmatist. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Apologies again for the late posting. The crossword has a little of this: Across 1. Coo! Perhaps it is time to put on … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29498.
Apparently, we have a new setter – but you never know – which is always an interesting challenge. The astronomical theme was not entirely within my comfort zone and needed a bit of … Read more >>
Tricky and very enjoyable – my favourites were 11ac, 15ac, 20ac, 1dn, 4dn, and 10dn. Thanks to Picaroon for the puzzle
Another Vulcan Monday for those who like a gentle start to the week, with quite a few cryptic (or barely cryptic) definitions. Thanks to Vulcan. Across 1 BIOPIC A sexually fluid work … Read more >>