Never knowingly undersolved
A nice fun puzzle from Paul with his usual mix of wit and cunning. It’s hard for me to assess how hard these are these days as I’m definitely getting less smart, but … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29116.
It’s Picaroon providing our entertainment (and how!) today. I shan’t be surprised if someone says (again), ‘How does he keep doing it?’. It would be easier and quicker to list the clues which … Read more >>
Fun and tricky stuff – my favourites were 1ac, 17ac, 23ac, 26ac, and 10dn. Thanks Pasquale for the puzzle
Good fun as always from Tramp, with the long answers around the edges characteristically clued, and a couple of them needing close attention to get the details worked out. Thanks to Tramp (and … Read more >>
The ever-reliable Hectence provides our entertainment today.
Typical Monday fare from Vulcan.
Preamble : All clues are normal and all solutions are single words. However, the solutions are in no particular order and you must discover some other way of deciding where the solutions should … Read more >>
A tougher than usual puzzle from Brummie for this week’s Prize.
The site has come back up in the last few minutes, so I can publish this blog for today’s Harpo puzzle I’m not a regular Guardian blogger so I am … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29109.
Like many of you, I was unable, throughout yesterday, to gain access to 15², until early evening and even then I kept getting the error message whenever I moved to a different page. … Read more >>
An interesting mix of clues – my favourites were 25ac, 3dn, 17dn, and 23dn. Thanks to Anto
One of the comparatively new setters of the Quiptic, Bartland, has the ‘for beginners and those in a hurry’ puzzle for us today. This one hit the spot for me this morning. Abbreviations … Read more >>
A very straightforward puzzle that wouldn’t have been out of place in the Quiptic spot, with elegant and soundly-constructed clues throughout. Thanks to Carpathian. Across 1 GLASSES Girls with good spectacles (7)G … Read more >>