Never knowingly undersolved
I’m not sure what to make of this one. It’s not a bad puzzle by any means, but it didn’t really hit the spot for me. Some of the cluing is pretty complicated … Read more >>
As usual Cyclops sprinkles the Grid and clues with a set of politicians of varying murkiness. The long 6-word answer had me stumped at the first sitting. I had started solving the grid … Read more >>
A good tough week, I found, though everything fell into place in the end. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Across 1 SECONAL – CON in SEAL. 6 NAPPA – NAP … Read more >>
Nick: Straight Azed this week with no real difficulty – 6/10. Two slight queries at 33ac and 6dn. Across 2. Sober duke, festal possibly, ready to set off with hunt? (10) … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning to you all. Very straight forward crossword this week I feel, plenty of my favourite anagrams 🙂 Most enjoyable clues for me this week were, 15 and 18ac, 2, 4, and … Read more >>
An enjoyable Sunday puzzle. Not much trouble, though a couple in the NE corner were the last ones in, after a while. Thanks to Poins. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures … Read more >>
Saturday the 15th June – and a tussle with Klingsor. And quite a tussle it proved to be – some unfamiliar words certainly were in use, and some devious cluing. Chitter, Dolce, Mediant, … Read more >>
“Four musical CROWNING GLORIES are clued without definition.” So we were celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation. That would explain why she popped up in so many of the clues. Sixteen … Read more >>
A witty and entertaining puzzle from Puck, one of my favourite setters whose puzzles we don’t see so often. There’s a theme here of the Puck Fair (“Ireland’s oldest fair”) which is having … Read more >>
One of those puzzles that looks easy when you see the answers but certainly not when attempting to solve – first-rate Across 1 CALAMITIES disasters A LAM (bash) in … Read more >>
After a few weeks of completing Phi’s puzzles and then wondering whether there was a hidden theme (and sometimes there was and sometimes there wasn’t), an openly themed puzzle this week. We don’t … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25980.
It is Thursday today, and it falls to me to blog the latest offering by Hob, a compiler whose work I have hitherto had few opportunities even to solve, let alone blog. I … Read more >>
I don’t think I’ve blogged on a Wanderer puzzle before; if this was his or her début, then it was a good one. The grid layout (four-letter-words abounding) was a nice change, and the … Read more >>
It’s always a delight to see Tramp’s name on a puzzle that I’m down to blog – but, as time has gone on, and as he has increasingly demonstrated his prowess in writing … Read more >>