Never knowingly undersolved
A mixture of straightforward charades, insertions and anagrams in a puzzle that would be ideal to show a beginner how to get going with this cryptic malarkey. Abbreviations cd … Read more >>
Thank you Peter for an enjoyable puzzle.
A windy February morning and Serpent comes along to further blow away the winter cobwebs. Serpent puzzles have quickly become a favourite of mine – not just because of the likelihood of finding … Read more >>
Last week I blogged Windsurfer, a newcomer to the Independent stable. This week I’m blogging Phi, one of the long standing setters in the same series. I first blogged a Phi puzzle on … Read more >>
Apart from one or two grumbles detailed below, this was all pleasantly done. Several good clues, such as 24ac. I need help on the parsing of 20ac, which is quite beyond me, but otherwise it all seemed reasonably easy.
Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
Just seeing that we had an Eccles to blog today raised a smile and the solve didn’t disappoint.
Hoskins has provided this week’s Tuesday puzzle. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, of which I completed about two thirds at my first attempt and the remaining third when I came … Read more >>
A fairly straightforward solve this morning, but covering a very wide range of subjects. I know some solvers complain about clues requiring (not very) general knowledge. But one of the things I love … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here. Hi all. Thanks to Poins for today’s Independent, which I enjoyed but had a little trouble with at the very end. I don’t want to be down … Read more >>
OK – it’s a Nimrod – and it has five 15-letter solutions, two 12s, two 11s and a couple of 10s…stiff upper lip and press on… Rather than attacking the 3s and 4s, … Read more >>
As always from Phi, a pleasant crossword whose secrets are quite obvious once they are revealed, but are less obvious to begin with. I’m lost on one of them, but will I trust be helped by someone; indeed I predict that within an hour someone will have put me right and all will be clear and I’ll wonder how I was ever so stupid.
Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
We always look forward to the next Klingsor….and here it is!
Silvanus has compiled today’s puzzle for our mid-week entertainment. He is a compiler whose crosswords I have only a modest amount of experience of solving and blogging. I thought that this was pitched … Read more >>
Windsurfer is a new name in the Independent stable although he has featured on fifteensquared before as the setter of puzzles for sloggers and betters get-togethers. I enjoyed solving this … Read more >>
This was an enjoyable puzzle of moderate difficulty with some cunning devices.