Never knowingly undersolved
This was a standard plain crossword from Azed with the usual mix of precise cluing and unfamiliar words. Often when I blog an Azed puzzle there are a few clues … Read more >>
Great stuff, I enjoyed this very much. It took a long time for the instructions to make sense but in retrospect they are quite clear, so no excuse for not getting it first … Read more >>
A bonus blog for me – covering for Bert & Joyce, who are no doubt on some well-earned R&R… An interesting and enjoyable challenge from Punk this week. No obvious theme or Nina … Read more >>
My house is, indeed, empty as I write these few lines, as is my stomach. My diary is empty, as exams very recents came to an end. Apparently, most empty of all is my head, since I can’t think of any more appropriate introduction to this enjoyable puzzle.
A fairly tough but fair and enjoyable puzzle from Pasquale, in which I enjoyed some nice anagrams, and learned a couple of new words and the original version of (what I thought was) … Read more >>
Agreeable work out this morning Across 1 MISLAY lose M (mobile) ISLAY (Hebridean island) 4 RING PULL can-opener RING (phone) PULL (row boat) 10 ROOSEVELT former president (VOTE LOSER)* … Read more >>
For the first time in three weeks I get to blog a puzzle without a classical or modern music theme. This puzzle by Phi is simply a good example of what a national … Read more >>
When I saw who was the setter my fear was that I was going to have to bite my tongue and go along with some of Donk’s less Ximenean ways, but so far as … Read more >>
Morning, everyone. Only time for a rather hasty run through Redshank’s tricksy and very enjoyable puzzle today… ACROSS 1. SKELETON Anagram of K(ey) lets one – nice &lit 5. EARWIG I(talian) within anagram of wager 9. OLEANDER … Read more >>
Not too difficult, but I really enjoyed this. 2dn in particular stood out, but there was a lot of clever cluing and surfaces here (10, 22, 24, 12dn…) Across 7 XEROXES =”runs off” … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/May 27 Gentle, trouble-free start of the week with this Dante puzzle – for which once more many thanks to the setter. Definitions are underlined wherever appropriate and/or possible. Across 1 … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 25, 2013 I sailed through most of this puzzle but had some considerable trouble with the bottom-right quadrant. My favourite clues are 9A (TUSSLE) and … Read more >>
Quite easy for a Cinephile I thought but no less enjoyable for it. Across 1 See 12 down 4 STAFF CAR Trauma about Welshman nearly getting official transport (5,3) SCAR (trauma) about TAFFy … Read more >>
The crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25966.
Bertandjoyce are away & without internet access; so I am subbing in this midweek spot. Dac, as usual, served up a varied potpourri of very fair clues. I particularly like his efforts to … Read more >>