Never knowingly undersolved
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 16, 2013 I am writing this blog entry on November 26, the day when John Graham, better known to us as Cinephile, died. His passing … Read more >>
Right up to Crosophile’s usual standard. There is one clue I don’t understand but as usual I’m sure it will be explained and I’ll feel a fool. More clues than usual seem to … Read more >>
This is my first go at an Alberich puzzle, I found it quite tricky. Alberich seems to have more charades in his wordplay than other setters. These were cleverly disguised so I wasted … Read more >>
I didn’t know I was going to be blogging today until after I got up and checked my emails. As it turned out, after yesterday’s sad news I got a distinctly eerie feeling … Read more >>
Schadenfreude for me again … and another highly asymmetric grid (with a large number of clues). “18 misprinted definitions give what must appear in the completed grid; one character … Read more >>
A crossword that’s only slightly more difficult than usual for this setter, and which is also a pangram. Thanks to Phssthpok. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to … Read more >>
It is with much sadness that I post this announcement. I was told a short while ago that John Graham (aka Araucaria/Cinephile) died during the early hours of this morning. He was peaceful and among friends.
I’m sure our thoughts go out to those who knew him personally. His passing is a great loss to the crossword community but we will never forget the many happy hours spent solving his, at times, fiendish clues.
Christmas has come early in the Bertandjoyce household today – a Donk puzzle to blog at last! His first puzzle appeared on Saturday Oct 20th 2012 and since then we’ve had another 3 … Read more >>
Found this fun, but struggled towards the end – I had to guess and look up 1ac and 10ac, and am pretty sure that I’m missing something about 19ac. Favourites were 12ac, 7dn … Read more >>
I am a bit late on parade this morning, partly because I found bits of this quite tricky. There were certainly a good number of genuinely Quiptic clues to get you going, but … Read more >>
Another Monday, another Rufus – not much more to be said, really! Across 1. DESERTION Leaving — one’s tired out (9)(ONE’S TIRED)* 6. CHOP Cut down on … Read more >>
I greet announcements that the BBC has secured the rights to cover Formula One with a groan, so you can probably gather it’s not among my all time favourite sports. Therefore, I wasn’t … Read more >>
For me, a very straightforward Cyclops, quickly solved (even if I have my doubts about some of the parsing). I’ll give my ‘fave clue’ vote to 13a. Across 7 PLUMPS Putting knob in … Read more >>
A slightly tardy post today, so apologies for that. No excuses here though: this was all entirely tractable and everything fell into place smoothly. There were a couple that I’ve marked as cryptic … Read more >>
This seemed to be a relatively manageable week, which was welcome as I didn’t have access to Chambers at the time of solving. There were just one or two minor points to check … Read more >>