Never knowingly undersolved
Thanks to Scorpion for an an enjoyable solve today! When we saw that it was Scorpion we were on the lookout for a theme but we still missed it until we guessed … 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.) Perhaps a tad more difficult than … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) Perhaps a tad more difficult than previous offerings from Sayang, to whom thanks. Definitions … Read more >>
Moley has been setting Guardian Quiptic puzzles since 2000, so I think we could call her a regular. She has set us another good one today: not a write-in by any means, but … Read more >>
I usually recommend the Monday Indy to anyone who’s getting into the Dark Arts, but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend this one. If I hadn’t been blogging this, I might have given up and … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26305. With the exception of 14D, which escapes me, Brendan has produced here a crossword which fits into the easy Monday slot without controversy, unless BANKSIA at 18D … Read more >>
It feels a bit as if Cyclops was when he compiled this — the divine Mr Farage and his ‘party’ make three appearances. For some reason, probably because my mind has been on … Read more >>
Quite a challenge this week, and browsing the list of answers, it’s not hard to see why. I made good steady progress at first, filling about two thirds of the grid unaided. A … Read more >>
Plenty to wrestle with this week, and whilst I haven’t counted, there seem to be a relatively high number of clues squeezed in. This took me two or three sittings, with 6 down … Read more >>
Nick: A game of two halves this week. The top half of the grid flew in, but then I ground to a halt on the bottom half, taking a few hours to complete it. … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning to you all, for the last time. A big thank you to Gaufrid and everyone involved in fifteen squared. A big thank you to all of you who follow the Everyman … Read more >>
I can usually finish a Genius puzzle in about an hour, 90 minutes at the outside, but this one took nearly a whole morning before the grid was filled, and I had to … Read more >>
A bit of a last minute rush with this, and apologies for maybe not doing it justice. I did the parsing below earlier in the week, but am now in the depths of Swaledale in … Read more >>
‘ordeal, horror, torment, torture, trial, calamity, agony, anguish, awful experience’.
That’s how Chambers describes a nightmare. Oh goody…
I made hard work of this one, but it was enjoyable work. Thanks Picaroon.