Never knowingly undersolved
This is the third Phi in a row on Fridays, so perhaps he is back to his normal weekly position. after a few weeks of random / thematic days for his puzzles … Read more >>
My goodness that was hard work. My time was off the scale and it would be embarrassing to reveal it. But the crossword was all good — indeed very good — and I got there in the end, not at the time being able to parse 7dn but coping with it later. All the clues are sound (so far as I can see) and there are some very clever devices used.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
A fun mid-week challenge from Eccles today
It is a long time since it last fell to me to solve and blog a puzzle by Radian, so I was glad to renew that acquaintance with his work today. I found … Read more >>
Another entertaining and engaging puzzle from Tees to start the Indy week. You always learn stuff from him. The setter has been rummaging in his ‘unusual words’ drawer, and there were four new … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here. Hello again! Once every 20 weeks, My Saturday and Sunday Indy blogs fall on the same weekend. 20 weeks ago we had a Hypnos IoS puzzle … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here. Hello, fellow solvers, and happy weekend. Thanks to Wire for a very enjoyable puzzle, in which my favourite clue is probably that for CUTIE-PIE. I also … Read more >>
Phi is back to his usual day, but for how long? Were his recent perambulations the sign of something regular? Perhaps Friday, being a random day, is just one of the days he visits.
Anyway, this was what you expect from Phi: things don’t work out instantly (apart from one or two, like 5dn or 8dn) but you know that in due course all will become clear. I found this to be easier than is usual for Phi, but none the worse for that.
Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
It’s a while since we’ve had the pleasure of blogging an Alchemi puzzle, so we really looked forward to this one.
I am back today feeling rather shame-faced having missed my slot last week – some of us clearly don’t always know what day of the week it is! It seems that this is … Read more >>
Knut fills the Tuesday slot in the Independent this week. Knut is a setter who often focuses on political stories of the day and he continues to do so in … Read more >>
An enjoyable dose of Morph’s somewhat cheeky wit today.
You know when you see Raich’s name on a puzzle that you’ll be solving a soundly clued, accessible offering, with the strong likelihood of a bit of footie thrown in. Et voilà … … Read more >>
Serpent’s Saturday slot slides around to suit and I have the pleasure of blogging today’s. As expected, this was a pleasant, reasonably tough, solve with some excellent clues. I read most of the … Read more >>
It feels as if things are back to normal – we have a Phi for a PHIday solve.