Never knowingly undersolved
As we were told that ‘all the across clues lack a thematic definition’ it seemed logical to start with the downs and the first pass through these gave enough entries for me to be … Read more >>
After last week’s Anax puzzle, my blog returns to the calmer waters of a Dac. This was another of Dac’s good sound crosswords where you know that the clues will … Read more >>
Nutmeg is a fairly prolific setter in the Inquisitor series with a slightly quirky line in themes. The preamble told us that the puzzle celebrated the unclued singer at 6 … Read more >>
Radian has given us a good crossword themed around this week’s big golfing event, The Open (at Muirfield, which has attracted adverse publicity because of its exclusion of women). At least I’m pretty … Read more >>
Compared to the previous Hamilton I blogged, some time ago, this was an order of magnitude tougher for me. The last 8 scattered in 3 of the quadrants took a long time, and … Read more >>
Writing this blog made me sea-sick, bobbing along with the waves as Boatman crafted a clutch of clever clues with Dickory Dickory DOCK. The devious devices & cunning conundrums made for a most … Read more >>
Very straightforward from Rufus today. I liked 12ac, 17ac, 8dn and especially 25dn. Across 1 SERVICE cryptic def The start of proceedings on a tennis court. 5 CHABLIS =”Wine” (cash bill)*, minus L=Roman … Read more >>
Those that followed a thread elsewhere in cruciverbal cyberspace a few weeks ago will have seen an opinion expressed about bloggers being sycophantic, and blogs here and elsewhere being unhealthy blogger and setter … Read more >>
THe puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/quiptic/713.
From a quick search of the site, this appears to be Commoner’s 3rd Indy puzzle, and certainly the first one I have solved. On this form, I can only assume that he/she must … Read more >>
Goodness! For me quite a struggle. I had to invoke an email friend (thanks Frank Yellin!) to resolve some spoonerisms towards the end. Since there are two types of clues, I found myself … Read more >>
Another thoughtfully-constructed cryptic from Everyman. We only as a rule get a few comments on this site. But I’m certain his Sunday puzzles bring pleasure to many solvers, both in the UK and … Read more >>
It seems a while since we last blogged a Saturday Prize puzzle. We were away last month and mc_rapper67 kindly stepped in for us. Many thanks to him! We thought this was a tricky … Read more >>
This is the first outing for Crucible in the prize slot for some while now, although this setter’s puzzles often feature in the Genius series. The feature of this puzzle was the omission … Read more >>
All the hallmarks of a classic EV in the preamble: misprints in the definitions of fourteen clues leading to a ‘suggestion’ as to how to enter eight answers ‘thematically’ – with three other … Read more >>