Never knowingly undersolved
A marvellously misleading menagerie of clues from Bonxie! Every clue, across and down, contains the name of an animal but Bonxie has cleverly exploited the diversity of the English language to the full, … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/May 13 An enjoyable Dante puzzle which confirmed his love for cryptic (and double) definitions. About half of the clues fell into that category. And then there was 15ac. Just two … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 11, 2013 I am including the clues in my blog this week for the first time. And I again welcome comments on whether people appreciate … Read more >>
Difficult, and then some. Did I mention this was hard? Down the left of the grid we have A GAUCHE and down the right A DROITE. Across the top and bottom of … Read more >>
It took me longer to get going on this than usual for a Chifonie, but it all came out nicely in the end, with some well-written, if uncomplicated, clues. … Read more >>
To those of you expecting a Dac crossword you should be aware that today is an important day in musical and operatic history. Also, if you know the background or interests of the … Read more >>
The preamble for Y Z by Samuel was not too long. It stated "Six clues contain partial wordplay only; the remainder of the wordplay could be given by a two-word phrase Y Z. … Read more >>
Radian has given us a difficult but good and sound puzzle today. The theme is based on someone whose birthday I just looked up, but today isn’t some great anniversary. Perhaps it is, though, … Read more >>
This looked daunting at first, with only scattered solutions on the first pass. But it got better as quadrant by quadrant was completed. After the last Gaff I blogged, where I couldn’t identify … Read more >>
Thank you, Eileen for playing locum tenens so ably last Tuesday when I was climbing the 999 steps to the TienMenSan (Door to Heaven) near ZhangJiaJie in Hunan, the province that gave China … Read more >>
Found this quite tough for a Rufus – the SE corner held me up, and I had to resort to Google for 25ac given the unhelpful crossers. Favourite clues were 6dn and 8dn, … Read more >>
It’s fairly unusual to see a DAC on a Monday, although he did skip the usual Wednesday slot a couple of weeks ago, so I suppose this is making up for it. This … Read more >>
The crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/quiptic/705.
I seem to be landing quite a few Kairos puzzles on Sundays, but no problem with that. This was one was just as enjoyable as the others. A good range of clues on … Read more >>
A pleasing puzzle in the usual Everyman style, including – as is often the case – some references that I’d not come across before. I did however need to phone a friend to … Read more >>