Never knowingly undersolved
As always, I was pleased to see Philistine’s name on a puzzle, particularly as it was a Prize. I fairly raced through the first few clues, thinking that it was at the easier … Read more >>
Pangakupu’s puzzles appear sufficiently infrequently for me to have to retune in to his wavelength each time. I haven’t quite got the measure of him yet. My favourites today were 4ac, 9ac, 10ac, … Read more >>
A particularly tough solve – still not too sure with some of the parsing. Favourites 17ac, 3dn, and 6dn. Thanks to Imogen for the puzzle.
Mostly straightforward clueing from Qaos today, but is there any more to the puzzle? Yes, of course there is: we have a theme of characters from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (who could perhaps … Read more >>
Anto provides the Guardian puzzle today.
Well, as easy as one-two-three [four], I would aver. But I said that last time I blogged Pasquale, and most folk differed. So over to you … Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29118.
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 >>