Never knowingly undersolved
I had quite a struggle solving this one and explaining the wordplay to my satisfaction. I think that I got there in the end with all but one clue, 28, so I look … Read more >>
This puzzle was a good example of Dac’s art. Virtually all the words and phrases were well known or could be deduced from the wordplay without too much difficulty. A … Read more >>
My goodness I was lucky as a blogger. Yesterday I never did the Independent crossword, being away, but by all accounts it was difficult. Today’s offering from Raich was much more the sort of … Read more >>
Other people will probably disagree, but I found this a fairly fiendish Anax puzzle. The structure of the grid with all the down clues in the top-half having only their second letters (which … Read more >>
Good stuff from Poins. Trickier than the previous IoS puzzle of his that I blogged.
We always look forward to solving and blogging an Anax, so it was with great anticipation that we sat down to tackle this one. Unfortunately, however, we felt it didn’t quite live up … Read more >>
Our Indy Good Friday crossword challenge this morning has been provided by Phi. 18 was one of the first clues that I solved, which made me suspect that there was to be an … Read more >>
Tees has given us an entertaining puzzle today. The theme although clear, was quite well disguised. None of the dogs were clued specifically as dogs, so it took a little … Read more >>
I used to blog quite often after midnight, when the crossword for the following day appeared on the website, but stopped doing so because I would become rather sleepy and tended to make silly mistakes. On Tuesday evening I had a long and ultimately fruitless game of chess, so was wide awake at midnight and decided to revert to old habits. There may be silly mistakes in the blog: certainly there were several answers where the parsing was not clear to me until I spent quite some time on them, and perhaps in the morning I would not have felt that this was on the tricky side for Dac.
All the usual remarks about Dac go without saying.
Definitions in italics.
It’s a while since we last blogged a Punk puzzle. We tend to prefer hidden themes rather than the overtly themed puzzle but there was still lots to enjoy. At one point we … Read more >>
Another WYSIWYG puzzle from Quixote. Which is why I keep recommending him to those who are just starting to enter the world of cryptic crosswords. Bit of genealogy, bit of religion, bit of … Read more >>
Another very challenging puzzle, I thought. Either I drew a very tough weekend to have to blog both Independent prize puzzles, or I’m losing my faculties. There’s a couple left that I can’t … Read more >>
Well, I enjoy a challenge, and Tyrus is a great setter, but this was a pretty hopeless solving experience for me. After several evenings staring in vain at the grid, I’ve six answers … Read more >>
Phi.has given us an enjoyable puzzle today There’s clearly something going on with all the Bs in the puzzle, but I haven’t been able to deduce any theme or message. … Read more >>
As usual we have a nice, quite difficult but not overly so, crossword from Scorpion. There is one on which I’m quite lost and a couple of others where I’m probably not seeing it all, but as usual …
There seem to be more than the usual number of characters in films and sport, but without any apparent pattern, so I’ll leave it to the eagle-eyed to see if anything’s happening.
Definitions in italics.