Never knowingly undersolved
Phi rounds off this week’s set of mid-week puzzles. I found this one to be at the harder end of the Phi and Indy spectrum. I struggled to unpick the wordplay of a … Read more >>
Hoskins always gives something different and today’s puzzle continues in the same vein We have a nina in the two end columns which spell out – BALLAD OF A THIN MAN, written … Read more >>
Since Dac’s sad death Wednesdays have been a problem. Nobody seems to have seized the day. Usually the gentle style has continued, but this crossword was an exception. Not that I have any problems though, since it was as you’d expect from Morph very good.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
We haven’t blogged a Maize puzzle for over a year and a half, so we looked forward to this Tuesday challenge.
Tees is quite the regular these days for the start-the-week puzzle in the Indy. I’m always pleased to bag him, so to speak, because you know you’re in for an enjoyable, wide-ranging and … Read more >>
Everything was straightforward, but spotting how it took some time to figure out. Thank you.
The puzzle can be found here. Hello, and Happy Star Wars Day! I thought this was a hard nut to crack, but super. Expecting a challenge from Filbert, I was pleased to … Read more >>
Phi gives us a puzzle ideally suited for the commute to and from work. There are a few towns mentioned in the entries and wordplay but I can’t see a … Read more >>
Dalibor in the Indy is new to me (and evidently to anyone: he has so far been appearing at the weekends, which I don’t do). I did one of his at a Sloggers and Betters gathering a while ago — well to say that I did it ‘at’ the meeting is to pretend that I’m one of those people who can rattle these things off while chattering away and drinking beer, which I’m not, but I finished it later and it was good and rather difficult.
The difficulty seems to have eased a little, although not much, and there are again some original and very nice clues.
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Eccles takes the mid-week slot this week.
Serpent has certainly put me through my paces on this Tuesday morning. And I have to say that he has had the last laugh, since I don’t understand the wordplay at 23 or … Read more >>
Punk is playing games with us this Monday morning . . . . . . specifically, card games. All but one of the references to “game” in the clues are to card games, … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here. Hi all. Thanks to Kairos for today’s very enjoyable puzzle, with a bit more of a sciencey flavour than usual which I appreciated. My favourite clue … Read more >>
A bit of fun for a weekend morning. Solving was fun for most of the trip – plenty of gettable clues to be picked off and enough progress to provide crossing letters for … Read more >>
The usual sharp offering from Phi. He goes on producing these things week after week (to say nothing of all his other output) and the clues remain fresh and accurate.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.