Never knowingly undersolved
Towards the easier end of the Beelzebub spectrum but no less enjoyable for that Across 1 Keelie got troubled when drunk GUTTERBLOOD (GOT TROUBLED)* 11 Lack of leaves in … Read more >>
The crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25914.
So two groups to identify – Four unclued and 6 clued without definition and a link between teh two groups to be highlighted. Sounds musical to me. The corrected misprints to 23 clues … Read more >>
My apologies for the late appearance of this post. I didn’t realise until about 3pm that the scheduled blogger hadn’t turned up. Fortunately this was a very quick solve (it took much longer … Read more >>
As with all Araucaria puzzles, I had to keep plugging away at it, and even then had to use the cheat button for the last one in. There is an unusual construction for … Read more >>
Bert looked at this puzzle and immediately solved two clues. He knew that Joyce would not be too pleased if he carried on looking and solved further answers as quickly! As it happened, … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Mar 25 Enjoyable crossword by Falcon which, for some reason, I found slightly harder than usual. Good variety of devices (but no cryptic definitions!) and – as always – care for the surface, … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 23, 2013 While this puzzle has a couple of excellent clues, I think it also has a couple of slightly weak ones. My favourites are … Read more >>
A really tough puzzle from Monk, as hard as you will find in any of the UK daily papers. I got there in the end. Many thanks Monk for yet another super mental workout. … Read more >>
It’s a while since we saw a Bonxie puzzle, so I was glad to see his name today. Some interesting cluing, including one [8dn] where I thought I was going to have to … Read more >>
It is Wednesday today, and not the last in the month, so it must be time for my regular blogging appointment with Dac. I made swifter than normal progress through this Dac puzzle, … Read more >>
An artistic and musical offering this week from Kruger. The rubric said “Wordplay in the majority of clues yields an extra letter. In order, these spell out a phrase which provide a clue … Read more >>
Another enjoyable offering from Jason; thanks to him. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have inidentified links to the puzzle.]] Across 1 Drink in guide finally is looking … Read more >>
I haven’t blogged a Tees puzzle for some time, so it was a pleasure to see his name on this one Many of Tees clues have quite complex wordplay, constructed … Read more >>
Quite a fair to middling kind of puzzle with the expected Gordian obscurities thrown in here and there. Across 1 SKINFLINT Mean injunction after non-U plenitude of drink (9) SKINFUL (plenitude of drink) … Read more >>