Never knowingly undersolved
The scheduled blogger, scchua is on holiday, so I’m standing in today for this offering from Imogen. I got off to a slow start and didn’t get anything until the … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29072.
A pretty straightforward and enjoyable puzzle from Brummie this morning. The main issue with this setter is that he often, but not always, has a theme – at least with Qaos we know … Read more >>
A fun solve – I liked 9ac, 16ac, 26ac, and 18dn. Thanks to Matilda
A puzzle ideally suited for beginners and improving solvers, I thought. Slightly marred by a classic lack of Grauniad editorship, sadly. No doubt by late morning there will be an addition to the … Read more >>
I found this a tough puzzle – lots of lovely clues, though. Thanks, Paul! There was a mini theme of the words “handy”, “randy”, “dandy”, “candy” in the clues, which needed to be … Read more >>
A fun solve with some tricky parsing – my favourites were 4ac, 24ac, 2dn, and 13dn. Thanks to Philistine for the puzzle
A relatively straightforward and (I think) themeless puzzle from Picaroon today. A certain amount of repetition of a couple of devices, but very enjoyable as ever. Thanks to Picaroon. Across 1 CRIMINALISATION Rule … Read more >>
Pangakupu steps up to the Guardian setting plate this morning.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29065.
Vulcan fills his regular fortnightly Monday slot for the Bank Holiday. We have the usual Monday medley of anagrams and cryptic and double definitions. I quite liked 15ac for the neatly hidden (for … Read more >>
A well-crafted Quiptic from Pasquale as usual.
Two themes for the price of one!
Something of a challenge from Tramp to end the week – one of the hardest of his that I remember, although, when I came to write up the blog, I didn’t really see … Read more >>
A tricky solve as usual from Vlad