Never knowingly undersolved
It was something of a surprise to see Paul on a Monday but there doesn’t seem to be a pattern to the schedules these days. Apart from a totally unknown entry at 21, … Read more >>
Picaroon closes out the 2023 Grauniad Saturday Prize puzzle series…and seems to be happy to be ‘shot’ of 2023!…
Tomorrow it will be exactly six months since my last blog of a Picaroon puzzle: I was beginning to lose hope! Nothing too tricky this morning but plenty of the usual wit and … Read more >>
“Time flies when you’re having fun”, or so I’m lead to believe. It’s been a whole year since my first outing as a 225 blogger. And what a year it’s been! Thank you … Read more >>
A rare treat to see Maskarade on a weekday…
My second Paul in a row, and this time it took me a while to start making any headway, but it all worked out in the end. Thanks to Paul and Happy New … Read more >>
A new Guardian setter?
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29267.
Thank you to Bartland. Definitions are underlined in the clues. A Happy New Year to one and all. Across 1. Aggressive former royal, one with beef (7) BUTCHER : BUTCH(aggressive/macho) + ER(abbrev. for … Read more >>
This is Eccles’ first Genius puzzle. We are very familiar with this setter as he is a regular in the Independent and we always enjoy his puzzles there, so we were very excited … Read more >>
This is a placeholder post for the bumper Xmas Prize cryptic crossword, published on Saturday 23rd December. The blog will be posted with solutions on Friday 5th January after entries close. Merry Xmas … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29265.
It’s only a couple of weeks since I blogged the last Jack puzzle and said, ‘A fairly tricky but enjoyable and rewarding challenge, meticulously clued, with excellent surfaces, from Jack.’ I think I … Read more >>
A slow and enjoyable solve – my favourites were 23ac, 2dn, 4/18, 6dn, 14dn, and 19dn. Thanks to Fed for the puzzle