Never knowingly undersolved
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 >>
I had some trouble with the blogging utilities, so I hope the results make some kind of sense.
So, a new setter (I think!). Not sure if Kairos goes by another name elsewhere, but either way, this was a cracking Indy debut. I got a couple of quick anagrams here and … Read more >>
Harder than usual even for an Azed. I had to check the BRB for well over half of the answers. OK I’m lying. Closer to 80%. A couple of unsolved wordplays await within. … Read more >>
A lovely puzzle in the Everyman style for our Sunday morning diversion. Plenty to enjoy in this one. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram … Read more >>
It’s an even greater pleasure than usual to blog an Araucaria puzzle on the day the Guardian published an interview with him. Despite his recent revelation, there is no sign of any decline … Read more >>
There seem to have been quite a few Saturday Prize puzzles from Tees recently, but this is the first to have fallen on my blogging schedule. An interesting puzzle with a little extra…and … Read more >>
Did anybody get a really tough jigsaw for Xmas – the kind that you start and then realise you’ve bitten off a bit more than you can chew, with everything else that’s going … Read more >>
Complex, tricky and entertaining Across 1 BOLD FACE prominently visible BOLD (daring) F (female) ACE (outstanding type) 5 AT LAST dd (with humour) 9 GADARENE from swine of Gadera … Read more >>
An excellent puzzle as usual Across 1 Quiet – that’s our team’s appearing between rugby posts HUSH quiet US (our team) in HH (rugby posts) 4 Immobility’s associated with … Read more >>
What a treat, at the end of a week of excellent puzzles, to get a lovely puzzle from Arachne! Not quite such a tussle as it often is but full of the characteristic … Read more >>
It’s Friday today and Phi is occupying his usual compiling slot. I found that I made swifter progress through this one than is usual for me with a Phi puzzle. I was, however, … Read more >>
Whew. This was a severe test: what with the unhelpful grid, the four intractable twelve-letter solutions and a whole monstrous regiment of devilishly brilliant &lits, I was left tottering on the brink of … Read more >>