Never knowingly undersolved
One of Morph’s occasional and very welcome contributions, not that it was easy. It took me at any rate a long time.
The only — very mild — criticism is that ER appears twice, in 10ac as ‘royal’, and in 8dn as ‘ruler’.
Definitions in maroon, underlined.
A themed and cross-referenced puzzle for the Monday Indy slot? What’s occurring? Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions … Read more >>
Clever and amusing clue surfaces from the setter. Thanks to Hoskins Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 What one may do on a sunbed: turn sort of orange? (5) TANGO : … Read more >>
As I exchange the open roads of Australia for congested roads of the UK, albeit with the occasional snake, it’s time for another offering from Serpent – whose puzzles I am beginning to … Read more >>
The first puzzle of this new month has been provided by Phi, occupying his usual Friday slot. I found this to be an enjoyable, medium-difficulty puzzle, with not that many write-ins to get … Read more >>
Klingsor provided great fun and enjoyment today. Well he did for me anyway. This was my kind of cluing with a lot of component parts for some of the entries. … Read more >>
One of Dac’s typically smoothly-constructed crosswords. The usual good clues and nothing to take any sort of exception to. I found most of this quite easy and then came to a halt on the quartet of 1ac, 9ac, 1dn. 3dn, failing to see the equivalence of a card game to cards, expecting the church bell’s noise to be a ring, thinking the female would be either f or a girl’s name, and expecting a bit of dope to be d.
Definitions in maroon, underlined.
This is Quaiteaux’ 2nd puzzle this year, a welcome return after a gap of eighteen months or so from her previous offerings. We think Quaiteaux must be from the same era as … Read more >>
Roses are red tories are blue…
Another lazy Sunday lunch type puzzle, in the old tradition of the IoS. Thank you Raich.
I had the pleasure of blogging Maize’s (debut?) Independent 9392 back in November last year, which turned out to be a quadruple pangram! What could be in store for us this time?… …well, in the … Read more >>
A typical Phi puzzle this Friday The grid looked a little bit odd with lots of unchecked letters in some of the acrosses so that hinted at a message or … Read more >>
This pleasant crossword from Crosophile took me slightly longer than usual. No good reason for this though, since it all seems to be pretty sound now the challenge is over.
Definitions in maroon, underlined.
This is the first Gila puzzle we have blogged, although we have enjoyed all the previous offerings, including the Inquisitors. This was an interesting puzzle, but we have a couple of queries on … Read more >>
Radian has provided today’s cruciverbal challenge, the first of his puzzles that I have blogged in a while. Crime and punishment is the theme that runs through this puzzle, with references (both direct … Read more >>