Never knowingly undersolved
Vulcan steps predictably into his fortnightly Monday slot. We have the usual Monday medley of charades, anagrams and double and cryptic definitions. I quite liked 8ac GUARD, 16ac DIALECT, 19ac DESCANT, 6dn TRIVIA … Read more >>
Our entry-level Monday puzzle is from Anto today.
A good combination of clue types in this week’s Prize puzzle.
It’s Pangakupu rounding off a week of interesting puzzles. I’ve said before that each time I solve one of this setter’s puzzles, it takes a few minutes to tune in to the wavelength … Read more >>
An enjoyable solve, made a bit quicker by getting the very long clue early on. My favourites were 12ac, 13ac, 2dn, 7dn, 9dn, and 18dn. Thanks to Paul
An enjoyable puzzle where I was fooled on a couple of occasions by clues that turned out to be much simpler than I was expecting. Thanks to Philistine. Across 1 OSPREYS Birds … Read more >>
Picaroon makes an appearance in today's Guardian slot.
Carpathian always produces a thoughtfully constructed Quiptic for us. This one hit the spot, I would aver. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29297.
Not as difficult as some recent Genius puzzles, but how does The Guardian expect you to comply with the requirements of the preamble?
A Saturday Prize Grauniad puzzle slot debut for Matilda?…
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29295.
A welcome return by Jack, whose puzzles are appearing more frequently. Lots of neat and witty cluing, with some innovative anagram indicators and lovely surfaces, as usual. My ticks were for all the … Read more >>
A fun puzzle to solve…
I found this much harder than usual for a Brendan, with some very tricky parsings that I only just managed to work out when writing up the blog (with one minor doubt in … Read more >>