Never knowingly undersolved
This was the final Azed puzzle of 2013 and was a standard plain puzzle comprising elegant cluing for a range of well known and obscure words, all of which can be found in … Read more >>
There were a couple of clues that, having got the answers, required a bit more time to parse. Enjoyed the challenge, thanks to Kairos. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at … Read more >>
A Christmas Crossword Celebration Party! I think this one is a bit harder than the 1913 instance. Though I have to say that having struggled with Pointer’s Listener, this felt like R&R. Missing … Read more >>
Charybdis is one of my favourite setters (mind you I’ve got quite a few). His puzzles are always sound and often quirky… like his recent Listener, #4268 Check This Out last November. Here … Read more >>
We found this a little easier than we have come to expect from Klingsor, but it was a great work-out all the same. Given the hectic activities at this time of year, a … Read more >>
Quite a straightforward puzzle, with just a little more time required for parsing a couple. Thanks to Pasquale. There is a pair of twin answers which seemed to promise a theme, but it fizzled … Read more >>
An enjoyable and quite manageable Saturday outing from Eimi, which brightened up another train journey in a most welcome manner. There’s a topical Nina in there too. Look away now if you want … Read more >>
Interesting grid from Bradman – quite a few clues with clever word plays and cluing. Quite enjoyed solving it – started off slowly but with the anagrams in, conveniently in all quadrants (3D, … Read more >>
Our first blog of the New Year and another lovely offering from Phi – the first of many in 2014 we hope! Joyce’s favourite clue is 4d for its briefness! When it came … Read more >>
The setter of this year’s Guardian Christmas special is Maskarade, who does of course have a hard act to follow, the Christmas slot traditionally being allocated to Araucaria (I was fortunate also to … Read more >>
Good morning, and a very happy new year to you all. Armonie eased us into 2014 with a gentle but satisfying solve; nothing to really test the little grey cells here, but the … Read more >>
There’s nothing like seeing the New Year in in style, and that’s exactly what Anax does with his first offering of 2014. I found this puzzle rather challenging, and not only because I … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26146.
There was quite a long preamble to this seasonal offering from Nudd. The preamble stated " Along with a riddle-like motto reading HI HI HI – IN BAD TRAFFIC I FLY, my Christmas … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Dec 23 A Carte Rosée from Dante, meaning an empty grid with only blanks. Finding the position of the black squares wasn’t as bad as it initially seemed to be, though. Last … Read more >>