Never knowingly undersolved
Satisfying to knock off for the Christmas holidays with a nice round number – and a nice puzzle, too. Not a huge challenge but all very neat; some really lovely surfaces, too. Thank-you, … Read more >>
I found the south-east corner of this puzzle very tricky, it took me much longer than all the rest of the puzzle combined. Anyone else find this, or was it just me? There … Read more >>
A week to Christmas, my first Philistine I believe. Some very terse cluing and some rather misleading to those used to Rufus’s style but not too difficult in hindsight. Hope to see some of you Saturday. … Read more >>
Another Wednesday, another Dac. Lovely surfaces, good clueing, what more can you say? Well, actually there is something! We’re not happy about 17d – there seems to be a misplaced apostrophe! Across 1 … Read more >>
Preamble: Mistakes made in the construction of the grid have resulted in some answers being too long for their allotted space and an equal number being too short. Fortunately, by transferring parts of … Read more >>
Radian has served up one of his characteristic themed puzzles for this week’s Tuesday slot. I found this a medium-difficulty Radian crossword, with fairly accessible gateway clues, but with enough intricate cross references … Read more >>
Yes, it’s me again. That’s two days in a row you’ve had to put up with me! During a first quick pass through the clues this puzzle seemed to be rather tricky, with … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26133. At first glance, the puzzle seemed decidedly weird, with improbable names scattered through the clues.Eventually the penny dropped – they are all characters in Roald Dahl’s … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 7, 2013 I found this puzzle a bit difficult, especially the centre section. This particular grid, with each corner intersecting with only one letter each … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Dec 9 An enjoyable and typical Monday offering by one of the regulars. This wouldn’t be a proper Crux blog if I hadn’t something to say about one or two (or … Read more >>
A typical Rufus medley of some nice anagrams, together with the usual sprinkling of double definitions, some of which I thought were rather close in meaning, and cryptic definitions – some more so … Read more >>
*=anagram [] = removed e.g. char[m]=char ()=abbreviation e.g. A(mpere)=a Hom. = homophone I breezed through most of this but then got stuck on a couple of clues, which took me a long while … Read more >>
You don’t usually see me in these parts but scchua is away travelling so I am standing in for him. I found this to be a straightforward solve, with a variety of devices, which … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3505.
As Don Manley pointed out in a comment on Nick’s blog last week, Azed’s sound clueing often means that you can often work out what the answer must be from the wordplay, even … Read more >>