Never knowingly undersolved
Happy Boxing Day all: I hope you had a good Christmas. Paul starts the Guardian week with a puzzle containing a number of linked answers, as is quite common for him these days. … Read more >>
I was expecting a Quiptic to blog this Christmas Morn, but the site is still showing last week’s, so perhaps there isn’t one, or – being the Grauniad – they have just forgotten. … Read more >>
This is my inaugural blog in the Guardian Prize slot, so I hope that my parsing does this very fine puzzle justice.
Thank you to Brendan. Definitions are underlined in the clues. There are numerous references to things Roman, Latin, and American, though I can’t come up with a connection for all three. Across 8. … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29259.
It was something of a relief, as well as the usual pleasure, to find a Qaos puzzle today: we haven’t had one since September and I was beginning to be concerned. There are … Read more >>
A slow and tricky solve today. My favourites were 21ac, 12dn, and 1dn and 22dn. Thanks to Pasquale for the puzzle
One of Crosswordland’s best-known setters (under various names) provides our Quiptic today.
It’s not often that I can complete even an easy crossword in a single pass, but that was the case today. Definitely one for beginners and those in a hurry… Thanks to Vulcan. … Read more >>
Brockwell’s sixth Guardian cryptic and his third in the Prize slot.
I got off to a good start by guessing the long answer to 1,12 from the definition and enumeration, and it was reasonably plain sailing (by Vlad’s standards) from then on. There was … Read more >>
Confession time: I agreed to stand in for scchua today but got myself confused – easily done just after midnight – and I thought I’d agreed to do the FT.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29252.
A fairly tricky but enjoyable and rewarding challenge, meticulously clued, with excellent surfaces, from Jack. There are lots of super clues – I started ticking my favourites but had to give up, as … Read more >>
Thanks to Brummie for the puzzle – my favourites were 21ac, 2dn, 12dn, 14dn, and 20dn.