Never knowingly undersolved
Monday Prize Crossword/Dec 15 Crux was clearly in a double and, to a lesser extent, cryptic definition mood. As ever, elegant surfaces and medium level of difficulty. Merry Christmas everyone! Definitions are underlined … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 14, 2014 I am getting to like Magwitch more and more. My favourite clues in this puzzle are 7d (BRIAR), 14d (EXISTENCE) and 17d (OVERSIGHT). … Read more >>
A carte blanche grid, so no bars and no numbers. And the clues have neither numbers nor length indications, nor are they in normal order or in alphabetical order of answers. Thanks, Phi. … Read more >>
Enigmatist’s name is one that always causes a slight feeling of panic when he comes up to be blogged, but I found this puzzle a very gentle one by his standards. I started … Read more >>
Thanks Phi for an unexpected enjoyable crossword. We say ‘unexpected’ because we normally get to solve your puzzles on Friday – not unexpected because they are not usually enjoyable! While writing up the … Read more >>
(Work in progress – 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.) Pretty straightforward. … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) Pretty straightforward. Thanks to Gurney. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Effect of … Read more >>
A Quiptic with a theme from Moley this morning. Apologies for a brief blog – I am on a bit of a mission today. There was some stuff … Read more >>
Well wasn’t expecting that. Wot no Rufus? No, it’s Nutmeg. There’s always a hope it’s a quiptic from old…
It’s Wednesday, so it’s Dac. Hang on … What’s occurring? Well, I guess Wednesday is The Night Before Christmas, so the editor may have something appropriate up his sleeve. Frankly, my dear, I … Read more >>
Cyclops, I think, was gearing up for the Christmas special at this point — this one was a very straightforward solve, and a lot less of a challenge for me as a blogger … Read more >>
My apologies for the late appearance of this post. The scheduled blogger forgot that it was his turn and did not solve the puzzle (I’ll put it down to festive spirit!). Too many … Read more >>
Blooming hard this week, I thought. It’s blogging day and despite a week’s labour, I’m staring at a grid that’s less than half full. That’s clearly not a criticism of the quality of … Read more >>
The usual Everyman for me this week.
It has only been during the last month or so that I have been solving the Beelzebub and I must say that I have been enjoying them. This one was no exception. I … Read more >>