Never knowingly undersolved
I enjoyed this puzzle from Tees today.. Nothing really obscure and a good mix of general knowledge required. I don’t use the words ASSONANCE and METASTASIS on a daily basis … Read more >>
This was the usual smooth solving experience, but slightly less smooth than usual because there were some unfamiliar words as well as one that looked like a mistake until Collins came to the rescue. So the solving experience was marginally stuttering.
Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
Knut’s puzzles generally present interesting challenges, and today’s is no exception.
I’ve not blogged a Crosophile for a while now, so I was interested to see what he had produced for us for the Bank Holiday Monday puzzle. I found it a bit of … Read more >>
A straightforward puzzle, but not an easy one. Thank you Poins.
Yikes! This was hard
I got 6 answers after the first pass of the clues, but 2 of them turned out to be wrong.
Today sees the usual Friday offering from Phi There was one word in this puzzle that I have never come across before – INCUNABULA. The wordplay was clear but I … Read more >>
Not the easiest. I’m embarrassed to say how long it took, even with all sorts of aids. But no real complaints — one or two things that seemed at the time to be stretching things a bit but which in retrospect are probably fair enough, and some very good clues. And help needed with 28ac, please.
Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
We’re celebrating our 400th blog today with a typically enjoyable Hoskins offering.
Filbert’s latest puzzle is the subject of my 400th blog, since my first write-up was published on this site on 1st December 2010. It is only the second time that it has fallen … Read more >>
Alchemi gets our week off in the so called “easy” spot.
My second Peter on the trot after 1,482 a few weeks back, and it seemed a fairly similar experience. A few easier ones, a few that few put up a fight, and I … Read more >>
A puzzle from Serpent – a compiler I am rapidly growing to admire. And no disappointment here. Very much the usual high standard of clueing with some original/unusual devices in the clue construction … Read more >>
The usual utterly sound and enjoyable crossword from Phi. Nothing at all controversial, so far as I can see.
Although Phi often has a Nina he apparently never uses this as an excuse to have less than 50% checking. OK some people don’t regard this as important, but sticklers like me do. (Some people would replace the word ‘sticklers’ by ‘pedants’.)
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
An enjoyable challenge from eXternal today.