Never knowingly undersolved
I know many Tyrus puzzles that I’ve tackled were heavily themed or contained a Nina. Sometimes the theme was football which I did not fully appreciate and missed half the references. This grid … Read more >>
What does it all ‘mean’? Do I have the ‘means’ to solve this puzzle? The preamble is fairly clear to start with – 1A and 41A are thematic, with 41A being a description of … Read more >>
This Friday brings us the latest offering from Phi, who is occupying his customary slot. I made steady progress through this (in my view, medium-difficulty) Phi puzzle, only to come unstuck at the … Read more >>
Plenty to chew on here – not managed to explain all … Across 1 SEAFARER one attracted by waves – sounds like SEE FAIRER spot finer 6 MENACE peril … Read more >>
A pleasure to solve and to blog Across 3 Unease, with male garrison going to dance DISCOMFORT DISCO (dance) M (male) FORT (garrison) 10 Trucks run out, leaving roads … Read more >>
Good fun from Paul today, though not too difficult as once I figured out the theme there were quite a few write-ins. Theme: L is the first letter of Labour, or the “Labour … Read more >>
A surprisingly straightforward puzzle from Shed, with some very basic clues that wouldn’t be out of place in the Quiptic. Still, there were a couple of slightly unusual words to delay things slightly, … Read more >>
Ringo is away enjoying a holiday (at least I hope he is enjoying it) so I’m afraid you will have to put up with me today. A straightforward puzzle with nothing contentious though … Read more >>
Tees is a regular contributor the Independent daily puzzle series. I usually enjoy his offerings and today was no exception. Although I enjoyed the puzzle, I don’t think it was … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 26 Look at that – a Dante crossword with only one cryptic definition! That clue, at 23ac and my last one in, was situated in the SW of the grid … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 24, 2013 I found this puzzle a doddle except for some bits of the top-left quadrant. Clues 2, 3 and 9 all took me a … Read more >>
O me miserum! Mea culpa and de gustibus non est disputandum! Late again! My apologies to Kruger and to all 15^2 readers. I hereby pledge that if another blog is late then I will donate £20 to some good cause or other. But for now, on with the blog!
I don’t think I have blogged Wanderer before. I thought this was a super puzzle with too many good clues to pick a clear favourite. Thank you Wanderer. My only complaint (niggle really) … Read more >>
What can one say? As we get on most Wednesdays, a perfectly-formed creation. The structure of the clues is always deceptively simple, which leaves little room for argument. There are one or two here … Read more >>
Gosh is it my turn already? Doing the Guardian blog still feels a little strange. Not done many if any Qaos crosswords before and found most of this quite easy but there’s a … Read more >>