Never knowingly undersolved
Edit (10/6/14): the vacancies have now been filled.
New bloggers are required to cover the following puzzles:
Financial Times (Tuesday, either every week or as part of a rota for this day)
Guardian Quiptic (every fourth Monday)
Guardian Genius (once every six months)
Monday already and once more it’s Quixote, err hang on it’s Alchemi.
A fairly typical Rufus puzzle, with a number of neat anagrams and double definitions – though rather fewer cryptic definitions today. A couple of the double definitions are rather close in meaning but … Read more >>
I liked this Quiptic from Hectence. It wasn’t all completely straightforward to solve or parse, but once you had a foothold I think an improving solver could be expected to work through the … Read more >>
As I blog this Cyclops puzzle, I find myself in the company of some very unsavoury characters, not to mention deeply unpleasant military hardware. What a way to spend Monday morning (yes, I … Read more >>
Generally quite mid-paced in terms of difficulty, I found, though there are a couple left to explain this week, at 14 across and 20 down. *=anagram, []=dropped, <=reversed. Across 1 KEEL – LEEK<. … Read more >>
First things first, I must own up that this probably won’t be a vintage post, as I simply didn’t get the time to even begin this puzzle this week, hence a slightly tardy … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning to you all. Yet another fine puzzle from Everyman this week. I found a few tricky clues here so I did need a bit of help from Nick. Big … Read more >>
The usual solid workout from Azed. In his clue-setting competitions, there is an extraordinary preponderance of comp. anags. but in his own crosswords he has apparently only had one or at most two. Until now, and I don’t remember three before.
Definitions underlined.
A Saturday tussle with Anax – should be fun. As Anax puzzles go it was fairly standard fare – which is fun by the way. Some obvious answers occasionally but some lovely obscure … Read more >>
The title doesn’t give a lot to go on, but I think we all recognise the setter.
This was a treat to solve and blog.
I haven’t been able to detect any encrypted references to the D-day landings but, as ever, that doesn’t mean there aren’t any. Here is Paul in Mr Clean mode, with a puzzle that … Read more >>
Bradman for me yet again. From next week onwards, I am going to keep a running tally of who I get on Fridays just for kicks – as of now, Bradman is way above the rest!
Decent puzzle this – pleasant cluing and easy to work through most of them. This would be appropriate fare for someone starting out on the FT.
Phi is one of the most prolific setters in the Independent stable. While Friday is his regular weekday slot, he does also appear on Saturdays in the Inquisitor series where he has contributed … Read more >>