Never knowingly undersolved
We never know whose puzzle we will have to solve on a Thursday. Certain setters send a shiver down your spine, others raise a smile but we are rarely disappointed. Today it’s Tees’ … Read more >>
Checking back on the site, the first crossword we blogged was coutesy of Hamilton. We enjoyed it, as we enjoyed this one. A pleasant, gentle start to the day. Now off to walk the dogs.
Monday Prize Crossword / May 18, 2015
A good crossword by Crux to start off another FT week.
Prize crossword from the Weekend FT of May 16, 2015 Peto is new to me and, I believe, to this space. I understand also that he is, like me, a Brit who lives … Read more >>
The grid is a little unusual having eight words with two adjacent unchecked letters. This made solving the puzzle difficult as even a half-filled grid left long stretches of empty cells.
A quick solve for me today with Paul in benign mode. A lot of relatively easy ‘entry’ clues which meant a significant grid fill after the first pass through them. 27ac went in … Read more >>
Quixote is occupying this last Wednesday slot of the month, when Dac typically enjoys a well-earned break. I found this puzzle towards the easy end of the Quixote, and indeed Indy, spectrum. There … Read more >>
A small grid (only 11×11) and few clues (13 across and 12 down). The preamble was more lengthy: Seven unclued answers (six words and a proper name) have the same two opposing things … Read more >>
I haven’t blogged a Raich puzzle for a while so it was good to see his name against today’s puzzle Raich is a man for a theme and today was … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26581.
A typical Rufus Monday medley of double definitions, cryptic definitions and anagrams, with some nifty misdirections in 9 and 11ac and 1dn. Thanks to Rufus and a happy Bank Holiday to him and … Read more >>
A very entertaining and enjoyable puzzle which was accessible but certainly no gimme. There were some excellent clues (10 and 11 were both quite inventive). 27 was really the only clue that required … Read more >>
Took me a while to get started with this one, but that could just be me in lazy Bank Holiday mood. It all fell out steadily in the end, with some clues I … Read more >>
Sorry, sorry, sorry – late blog – with no excuse at all. I had this blog ready to go apart from the words at the top and simply forgot. I seem to have … Read more >>