Never knowingly undersolved
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 2, 2013 I found most of this puzzle easy going but was stumped for a while by 19 and 26. I think there are four … Read more >>
Following the relatively accessible offering from Io last time he appeared on a Wednesday Io has come back with a real stinker – top stuff! Thank you Io for a great mental workout. … Read more >>
The Grauniad strikes again. There’s a couple of problems today. There’s an error in 14ac and the enumeration is missing in 25d which has caused the blogging software to fail, and despite the … Read more >>
What would Wednesday be without a Dac (or an occasional Crosophile)? Dac has come up trumps again with a set of finely crafted, wholly sound clues – does he ever not? – with … Read more >>
A new setter this week, welcome Wan. The rubric was “Twelve clues contain a thematic object which must be discarded before solving. Twelve other clues contain one in disguise which must also be … Read more >>
Nothing much to frighten the horses today, with some easy entry clues and not much difficulty thereafter, though I do have a slight quibble regarding 1,18. . Across 1 “Stone walls do not … Read more >>
Scorpion has given us a puzzle that makes us think. When I first read the clues, I expected ‘man/woman of note’ to refer to singers, instrumentalists and composers. However, the … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26103.
Sorry this is a bit late, having real trouble with the internet today. I’ve come rather unstuck today, with a few I can’t explain so any help would be nice, there appears to … Read more >>
A workmanlike puzzle which should be suitable for new solvers. Most of the definitions given are from Chambers 12th Edition. Most of the standard abbreviations used in the wordplay are shown with the … Read more >>
Those who like Rufus’s puzzles will like this one, with its witty double and cryptic definitions and silky-smooth surfaces – and those who don’t probably won’t! Many thanks, Rufus, for lightening up a … Read more >>
I thought I would set a new PB for solving this, … … I was whipping through it at a rate of knots when I came to a grinding halt at 19A. I … Read more >>
A fairly tough week, I think, judging by the amount of cheating I had to do towards the end. 3dn still evades my best attempts to explain it. The grid seemed to fill … Read more >>
The usual very pleasant workout from Azed. I always find that I make steady progress and then reach an impasse, when I simply can’t parse one or two of the clues. But they … Read more >>
A special edition puzzle from Everyman this week. Lorraine wasn’t able to blog this one, so you’ll have to put up with me two weeks running. I’m happy to help, especially since … Read more >>