Never knowingly undersolved
Today brought me my regular monthly lexical tussle with Phi. I actually found this one towards the easier end of the Phi spectrum. The grid certainly helped, in that it provided a lot … Read more >>
It’s been a while since I blogged an Anax crossword . I’ve always found Anax’s puzzles require a good deal of lateral thinking and I get a great deal of … Read more >>
There is never anything new to say about Dac. As usual this is a thoroughly neat and satisfactory crossword. I found it a little harder than Dac usually is, although when I look back at the clues there seems to be no reason for this.
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An interesting twist to this puzzle from Crosophile – at first sight, a rather odd reference in 1AC to seven other clues. It took us a while to solve this clue, and the … Read more >>
The last time I blogged a Kairos puzzle I was a bit grumpy about it, but I thought this was a terrific offering. Tough in places, though. However, any chance to mention the … Read more >>
The usual high quality puzzle from Poins, and very enjoyable too. 10 across has me well and truly beaten, though, so your help is welcome there. Across 1 SECOND Back in a mo … Read more >>
With spring just around the corner a tussle with Nestor beckons. Nestor’s puzzles are always good fun and this one was no exception. He seems to squeeze that extra little bit of crypticism … Read more >>
Phi has given us an entertaining puzzle to end the working week There were a few unusual words in here, most of which I was able to deduce from the … Read more >>
What has Donk inflicted on us? This was probably the most difficult crossword I’ve ever done, although many of the clues were very neat. It was completely filled in eventually but I got four answers wrong, and the fact that four of the clues begin “One left” and five of them begin “One right” didn’t help the solving.
Another well-crafted offering from Dac this week, but one clue didn’t seem to fit the normally excellent surfaces and wordplay. Perhaps because we hadn’t heard the phrase ‘wall pass’ before (not being football … Read more >>
Owing to difficulties accessing the puzzle, I am posting this blog somewhat later than is customary, for which I apologise. Radian has conjured up our daily dose of lexical gymnastics this Tuesday. I … Read more >>
Morph appears – to start our week in the Indy
Daedalus made his debut in the IoS a month or so ago, and I wasn’t mad keen on that puzzle, so he’s probably not too chuffed that his second outing has fallen to … Read more >>
A pleasant, if gentle, workout from Alchemi – no particular theme or Nina that I could see, but some symmetrically placed (10, 4), (4, 10) connected pairs of clues, and a couple of ‘curved … Read more >>
The usual from Phi: a very pleasant and sound crossword that maintains the high standard. And as usual I am a bit lost on one or two, but these will I’m sure be explained.
As I say below, I had thought there might be an astronomical theme, but failing that, and this theory does I think fail, I can’t see anything else.
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