Never knowingly undersolved
A pleasing and tractable Quiptic from Chandler. This might have been a ‘first puzzle I solved unaided’ experience for someone, somewhere this morning. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as … Read more >>
Paul is up to his usual playful tricks in this Prize puzzle…with a familiar preponderance of 2- and 3-word linked entries, hyphenations and amusing surface reads.
Thanks Paul for today’s puzzle…
The ever-reliable pirate provides another enjoyable puzzle, with a couple of intersecting unfamiliar words giving a bit of a sting in the tail. Thanks to Picaroon. Across 1 JAILBIRDS Judge troubles to … Read more >>
Tramp provides Wednesday's Guardian puzzle.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29245.
Eileen is away doing Christmas Tree stuff again today, so I'm standing in
Thank you to Bartland. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Little Mama gets the smallest portion (7) MINIMUM : MINI(describing a miniature/a little version of something) + MUM(like “mama”, a familiar … Read more >>
This was a fun solve, with Pangakupu’s obligatory New Zealand contribution appearing in the final version – so obscure that it had to be googled to be believed.
I was going to write, ‘It’s not often that we see Imogen in the Prize slot’ and then I found I’d written this twice already: in fact, there have been only three Imogen … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here – https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29242
An enjoyable solve, especially 15ac, 5dn, and 8dn. Thanks to Pasquale for the puzzle
A characteristically mixed bag from Anto, including one faulty clue, one whose parsing I’m not sure about, and one that I can’t explain at all (and a couple of niggles). Over to you… … Read more >>
A Tuesday toughie
The ever-reliable Carpathian has the Quiptic for us this week. Thoughtfully constructed and just right for the target audience, I would aver. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition … Read more >>