Never knowingly undersolved
I continue to find Gemelo quite a challenge, and I think this was one of the hardest yet, with several clues taking me a while to parse even after I was confident of … Read more >>
A plain puzzle from Gemelo this week, but it was by no means straightforward
Gemelo has set a puzzle where he has imposed constraints upon the words he can use in each clue. Every clue is constructed from words of the same length as the associated entry.
This is my first foray into blogging a Gemelo puzzle. I have managed to solve Nos. 1-7, but I would agree with Andrew’s comment from last week, that the style of the clues is a little different from Azed–a style that I am still getting the hang of. This week’s grid is unusual for having six fully-checked three-letter solutions.
Gemelo seems to be settling nicely into the Sunday slot. His puzzles have a bit of a different feel to Azed’s (in a way that’s hard to put my finger on) but are enjoyable and well constructed nonetheless, so thanks to him for this one.
Gemelo has settled nicely into his slot. I enjoyed this. No major criticisms and good surfaces, everything sound so far as I can see. Definitions underlined, in crimson. anagram indicators in italics. ACROSS … Read more >>
Each clue contains the name of a picture that has won the Oscar for Best Picture
Gemelo presents his fourth Observer Sunday cryptic crossword and gives me my first opportunity to blog his Sunday work. I have, however, blogged a number of puzzles under his alter ego, Twin, in the Independent series.
My first Gemelo.
Gemelo’s second puzzle continues to show his promise as a (partial) successor for Azed.
I have the honour of blogging Gemelo’s first puzzle in The Observer, and very nice it is too: fairly similar in difficulty to Azed and the clues are so far as I can see sound, with pleasantly convincing surfaces. The only apparent difference from Azed is that two of the answers have all their letters checked, something I don’t remember from Azed.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*.