Never knowingly undersolved
Not sure if I’ve blogged on Wanderer before – but anyway, time is short, so I’ll simply say that I enjoyed this puzzle: nothing knock-your-socks-off great or tear-your-hair-out difficult, but plenty of variety, … Read more >>
An interesting and entertaining puzzle from Brummie, which turned out to be more straightforward than it looked at first sight. There are some clever and amusing surfaces, some of which may be a … Read more >>
I know that when my blog falls on a Thursday there is a good chance that I will cross swords with Nestor, a challenge that I relish. This one, however, almost proved beyond … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Jan 21 Once more an immaculately clued crossword by Falcon which can be found here. Not one at the higher end of the spectrum, but just like the Observer’s weekly Everyman … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 19, 2013 Here’s another fine Cincinnus puzzle with a couple of tricky clues, 12A (STOA) and 14D (TOURNEDOS), and as usual a few outstanding ones, … Read more >>
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Great stuff from Monk. Challenging as always, new words and unfamiliar definitions of old ones with plenty of misdirection to send us down the wrong track. Thank you Monk. Hold the mouse pointer over any clue number … Read more >>
There seemed to be less to nitpick about here than I usually find in Gordius puzzles, but not a great deal to get excited about either, with a lot of very easy clues, … Read more >>
This is Crosophile’s first weekday outing of the year in the Independent series. We got our money’s-worth today with 32 clues. My experience of blogging the Independent is that 32 clues is the … Read more >>
Shark has set a number of Inquisitor puzzles and each has been very satisfying. I blogged one focused on Socrates and his comment that he didn’t know there were so many things he … Read more >>
Yes I was right yesterday when I posted and said that I suspected the Raich crossword was easier than whatever I was going to be blogging today, but although this was on the tricky side all … Read more >>
Another enjoyable offering from Tuesday regular, Jason. All straightforward, except perhaps 20, my last one in, and of which I’m not totally certain. Thanks to Jason. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The … Read more >>
A brisk morning canter … nothing too esoteric or obscure although I was disconcerted by a few unusual abbreviations not found in Chambers. I have donated all my dead-tree copies of dictionaries to … Read more >>
Liked a lot of clues in this, especially 24ac, 27ac, 2dn and 8dn. A couple of question marks over 16ac and 7dn. Across 1 MANAGED =”Coped” M[eeting] + (agenda)* 5 TIDE RIP cryptic … Read more >>
Always a pleasure to get a Raich to blog, and I enjoyed battling with this one. A tough solve for a Monday, though, I found. Not sure whether the setter was deliberately … Read more >>