Never knowingly undersolved
Welcome S.M.E.R.S.H. (unless you are someone else disguised as the Soviet CIA). What a crossword! I counted 18 answers (almost half!) which were words I’d never heard of or meanings I’d never imagined, … Read more >>
A slightly hurried post just to get back up to date. As it happens, I’ve made very few notes or scribbles, suggesting this one wasn’t expecially problematic. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed. Across 1 SCOUTH … Read more >>
I count myself fortunate to have drawn a Puck puzzle to blog. There is some very inventive and whimsical cluing here, along with lovely story-telling surfaces, as usual with this setter, leading to … Read more >>
This is my first blog after a few wonderful weeks in New Zealand. The puzzle by Alchemi has provided a pleasant re-introduction to blogging. Thanks to Gaufrid for standing in for me … Read more >>
Very enjoyable puzzle …
I found this ultimately a little unsatisfactory because 16 and 15 across were rather obscure and your only recourse, if you didn’t know the words, was to guess. Apart from those two, it … Read more >>
I thought this one hit the spot nicely. You? Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions are underlined Across … Read more >>
A pleasant Monday solve from Rufus. I liked 5ac, 13ac, 27ac and 7dn.
One of those weekends where I found myself tackling the Eye crossword just after struggling with Cyclops’ alter ego Brummie in the Guardian. So by comparison this seemed easier than expected. More than … Read more >>
Another fairly straightforward everyman, with a couple of new words and some parsing that escaped me.
This is the last time you will see me for a while unless someone else decides to go on holiday. It is also the first time I have been scheduled to blog an … 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.) I recall this was slightly more … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) I recall this was slightly more difficult to solve than usual for a Sunday … Read more >>
This week’s Beelzebub was excellent train company on a trek home from The North. I don’t tend to keep note of timings, but since I was still finishing Inquisitor as the train passed … Read more >>
A classic Beelzebub of about average difficulty, I found, though with some quite tricky parsings, and plenty of nice long anagrams to work through. I’m a way behind with these due to a … Read more >>