Never knowingly undersolved
Lots of fun clues and neat surfaces from Chifonie. Favourites were 10ac, 11ac, 23ac and 18dn. Across 7 Outfitter is more flexible when holding interest (8) SUPPLIER =”Outfitter”. SUPPLER=”more flexible” around I[nterest] 9 … Read more >>
The year may well have changed, but it appears that Dac is still here to accompany our Wednesday mornings, thankfully. I progressed at a fairly measured pace through this puzzle, solving the longer … Read more >>
A relatively short rubric: Solvers are to enact a rhyme, leaving the grid with twelve empty cells. The wordplay generated by one clue overlooks five consecutive letters which carry out a supporting role … Read more >>
A rare, if ever, Tuesday spot for Dante, which I suppose is necessitated by having to place Gaff’s puzzle in yesterday’s spot (for obvious reasons). Much has been said about Dante’s style, a … Read more >>
A busy week for Nutmeg, with the Quiptic yesterday and a cryptic today. Some nice sound clueing here; I had a feeling as I was working though the puzzle that there were rather … Read more >>
Everything has settled down again after the recent festivities and we are back into a normal week of Independent crosswords. Scorpion has given us a good offering today. I managed … Read more >>
With the exception of a handful of clues I didn’t enjoy this puzzle, and thought that some of the complex wordplay was out of place in a Quiptic. I hope someone can improve … Read more >>
A new year but Rufus is still going strong, lower than usual count of CD and DD clues I felt. The usual mix of stuff, was thinking there weren’t any anagrams as I went … Read more >>
*=anagram [] = removed e.g. char[m]=char ()=abbreviation e.g. A(mpere)=a Hom. = homophone I thought this was an excellent and well-balanced puzzle with a nice mixture of clues. There were plenty of easier clues … Read more >>
Thank goodness there were a few days over the festive period to devote to a massive puzzle or two. This one took me quite a while, not only from the sheer size … Read more >>
(Apologies for the late appearance of this post – all my fault.) This was an excellent seasonal puzzle from Crucible, with a nice level of difficulty for a prize puzzle. The special instructions … Read more >>
My apologies for this post being a week late. The scheduled blogger didn’t turn up and I failed to notice this because the recent festivities have meant that some closing dates for entries … Read more >>
My apologies. A blog for this puzzle should have appeared yesterday but something seems to have prevented the scheduled blogger from posting. I had initially assumed that the closing date for entries had been extended … Read more >>
A slightly strange week for me. On the one hand I seemed to struggle greatly, having to resort to aids with only a few answers written in, yet on the other there doesn’t … Read more >>
Nick: Me again folks, Lorraine has been laid up with flu for 5 days. Fairly tough for an Everyman, I thought, but some great anagram work going on. I have a slight query with … Read more >>