Never knowingly undersolved
A first for me – a Nestor puzzle to blog – always fun and always so original. The master of misdirection, he certainly is. Nestor’s puzzles are always a pleasure, full of humourous … Read more >>
A lovely puzzle from Puck, with a great variety of witty cluing and amusing surfaces and a mini ‘Alice in Wonderland’ theme. It took me a little while to get into it but … Read more >>
The usual good crossword from Phi that I found a bit harder than usual. I’m still quite lost on 25ac and would be grateful for some help here: it will surely be forthcoming … Read more >>
This was a real challenge – 1,6 27,28 and 8,23 as yet unexplained Across 1,6 SUBMERGED TENTH the struggling masses – underclass 9 BALSA wood A SLAB< (a piece … Read more >>
Usual inventiveness and clever misdirections – includes a mini theme as yet unexplained All clues followed by * indicate words connected with cricket Across 1* This puzzle’s girl … Read more >>
This puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25890.
A new setter, I believe, certainly not one I have come across before – Should be interesting then. Twencelas’ third principle “Variety is the spice of the solver”. Do I, perhaps, detect a … Read more >>
This was quite a challenge, even after getting 24 across, quite early. In fact I’m still not sure of a couple of wordplays or definitions. Still an enjoyable workout, so thanks Araucaria. Besides … Read more >>
Good morning, all. And happy World Book Day! This offering from Sleuth was more Janet and John than War and Peace for me, but that’s not to say it wasn’t enjoyable (though I do … Read more >>
It’s Thursday, it’s Klingsor, so we expected to have to get our thinking caps on! The last Klingsor we blogged was a Saturday Prize Puzzle which we really enjoyed and this one ‘hit … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Feb 25 Most of this Dante puzzle went in very quickly but, not for the first time, I had some real trouble to fully finish a crossword by this setter. The … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 23, 2013 I found this Mudd to be a mixed bag. A couple of clues were tough, such as 1A (MIMOSA) and 19D (SLAP-BANG). A … Read more >>
I am a Gozo fan and always enjoy solving his puzzles learning much entirely useless information (the best kind) along the way. As you will know Gozo puzzles are themed, this one is … Read more >>
Lots of fun from Paul this morning with [and I don’t think this is a spoiler] some ingenious and amusing play on the words of Beatles’ song titles. These should be well enough … Read more >>
We had Crosophile in the Wednesday slot last week, so it was odds-on that Dac would occupy the same slot this week, and indeed he does. I had less time this morning to … Read more >>