Never knowingly undersolved
For the second month running, I have a crossword that hasn’t got any extra/missing letters/words or misprints. Instead, just eleven words in the perimeter and central row to identify, and something to write … Read more >>
A fun start to an otherwise cold, bleak Saturday morning with snow falling and a near gale force wind blowing. I was fortunate that, as I often do, I tackled the clues in … Read more >>
We can hardly believe that another four weeks has gone by and it’s our turn to blog Phi again. It’s always enjoyable and today’s offering was no exception. We had a musical reference … Read more >>
The crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25908.
It is Thursday today, so you never quite know who you will be pitting your wits against as solver/blogger. Today it was my turn to do battle with Eimi. There was a distinctly … Read more >>
A very enjoyable puzzle from Paul, which caused a bit of head-scratching in the parsing department but I managed to get there in the end, apart from one clue that I’m not at … Read more >>
I was hoping for something easy and breezy to see me off on my Easter hols, so my heart sank when I saw that Gozo was treating us to a themed puzzle – … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Mar 18 A fairly typical Dante puzzle which can be found here. That said, not that many cryptic definitions this time. Much to my advantage. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 16, 2013 This puzzle struck me as looser and harder than the typical Cincinnus. My top clues are 9A (OPERETTA), 12A (RATES), 2D (SPECTATOR) and … Read more >>
An super eclectic mix from Cinephile, really enjoyable. There is one clue that I cannot explain, any help appreciated. I love the breadth of general knowledge required to solve Cinephile puzzles such as … Read more >>
Most Independent bloggers cycle through Friday, Thursday, Wednesday and Tuesday. Crosophile seems to be on a monthly cycle on the last Wednesday of the month. So if there are 4 weeks in the … Read more >>
Mostly following the easy trend of the week so far, though a couple of place names may be unfamiliar to some, but as always with Orlando a quality puzzle with immaculate clueing and … Read more >>
Nutmeg is a fairly regular contributor to the Inquisitor series and always makes the solver think For this puzzle we had a fairly short preamble: "Nine answers must be adapted before entry in … Read more >>
A pleasant solve from Raich. As always one or two of the clues were very simple, which is no bad thing, but a few were a little tricky. I think I have it all explained but … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle from Armonie, with some nice surfaces. Thanks to Armonie. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle.]] Across 1 One ran … Read more >>