Never knowingly undersolved
This was another enjoyable puzzle from Dac. I wondered if this was going to be a pangram but I think we are a W and a Z short. When I … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26468.
Preamble: To compensate for the loss of half of the clues, the editor has inserted (in an appropriate order) an extra letter in each of the remaining clues (most of which didn’t make … Read more >>
Tuesday’s slot typically has multiple occupants, and today’s is Crosophile. I still do not have enough experience of solving and blogging puzzles by Crosophile to be able to assess how long it will … Read more >>
I see that in the preamble to my last blog of a Nutmeg puzzle I referred to the elegance of the clues, the silky smoothness of the surfaces and the lightness of touch. … Read more >>
Entertaining puzzle this.
Blog now updated – thanks for the comments, and the good wishes.
Found this both easier and more fun than usual for Rufus, most likely because I was, for once, on the right wavelength for most of the many cryptic and double defs. Favourites were 13dn and 21dn…
I’ve really enjoyed the last few Kairos puzzles that I’ve solved and blogged, but this one contained some stuff that I wasn’t enamoured with. Some really remote synonyms are my main complaint. Took … Read more >>
(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) An enjoyable puzzle, thanks to Hectence. … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) An enjoyable puzzle, thanks to Hectence. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 … Read more >>
Gosh, quite a tough week for me. Browsing the answers it’s not hard to see why. There’s a lot of unfamiliar stuff in there, either whole terms or just alternative spellings. Which we … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3561.
I think we have a debut puzzle here from Daedalus. Unless he is Logodaedalus in disguise. Unlike Daedelus’ son in Greek legend, I didn’t warm to it much. There are some where I’m … Read more >>
I solved this rather quickly (for me) and didn’t find myself abusing Chambers. A relatively healthy number of &lits but I struggled to understand the definition of DAFT until an email friend helped me out of my misery.
The pre Christmas EV is a joke themed puzzle from a new setter (or was it a collaboration?). Can the jokes be as bad as a real cracker jokes? If so what about … Read more >>