Never knowingly undersolved
It’s Friday and it’s a puzzle by Phi so all’s well in the crossword world. There were some interesting clues in today’s offering. I remember a boring summer in the … Read more >>
A very enjoyable puzzle from Puck, with lots of clever and tricky clueing. I thought 14a was particularly good (after I realised it wasn’t just a cryptic definition), but there were many others … Read more >>
As we always expect nowadays, a thoroughly good workout from Anax that I thought was, for him, on the marginally easy side. The clues are tight and efficient and some of them quite … Read more >>
Paul at his cheekiest, if not his most difficult. Across 1 GOBBLER double def =”One eating”; =”turkey” 5 ADVANCE =”Go on” A + TRIP=”dance” around V[enezuelan] 10 SAGA =”story” SAG=”Drop” + A 11 … Read more >>
Much to enjoy in this offering from Orense. Nothing too challenging, so a fairly quick solve, but a fun one, too. Yes, there’s a theme, which as regular readers (Sid and Doris Bonkers) … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Apr 1 This Dante crossword was published on the 1st of April but lacked any topical clues. No references to the day, instead a lot of anagrams and the usual smoothness typical … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 30, 2013 I think the puzzle is a mixed bag. The fairly obvious theme made many of the clues easy but there are four answers … Read more >>
It makes a change to know in advance that I am going to cover a particular puzzle, rather than having to write a post at the last minute, and this is a temporary … Read more >>
As usual, a great puzzle from Dac with excellent surfaces, ingenious clue constructions and a good mix of fairly straightforward clues and some which challenged the grey matter. We found it hard to … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25918.
Inquisitor 1275 Preamble: The wordplay in each clue leads to the answer plus an extra letter. These letters, in clue order, suggest how solvers should draw six straight lines, including two for guidance, … Read more >>
I’ve always enjoyed Phssthpok’s puzzles, but I enjoyed this one a bit less. I think it was partly due to the iffy/fuzzy definitions/synonyms. I still managed to finish it, though. So thanks to … Read more >>
It is Tuesday morning, so you can never quite be sure which compiler you will have to pit your wits against, but you can be almost sure that you will have some theme … Read more >>
After an A1 superb start, the puzzle sort of fizzled out, with starts and splutters, apparently with a mini-theme of the author moving home soon. Cannot say this is Boatman’s best; but we … Read more >>
The familiar Rufus medley of anagrams and double and cryptic definitions. Some witty misdirection and the usual silky surfaces made this an entertaining puzzle for me – a couple of unusual words, but … Read more >>