Never knowingly undersolved
My brain has already gone on its Christmas holidays. This, coupled with a handful of tricky words, made this enjoyable offering from Orense a tougher-than-expected solve – but there was a reward waiting … Read more >>
Very straightforward for a Thursday, without much misdirection in the definitions. Across 1 ON TIME =”punctual” ONE=”Somebody” around TIM=”boy” 4 PEA GREEN =”colour” PEN=”Writer” around AGREE=”match” 9 ON EDGE =”Nervous” ON=”working” + EDGE=”creep” … Read more >>
This is a really cracking themed puzzle and a good challenge, thouroughly recommended. If you have not had a go at this already you can get the PDF here. All the across clues are … Read more >>
A very pleasing puzzle from Dac. There was much to enjoy. We thought that the surface reading of many of the clues was excellent – 12 ac, 14ac and 24ac for example. 19d … Read more >>
Given the ingenuity of the constructions, I think a lot of work must have gone into this puzzle. Thank you, Arachne.
Monday Prize Crossword/Dec 10 For some reason one day earlier than usual, I am happy to present another Dante blog. Mostly common ground, but as always one clue that made my brain cells … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 8, 2012 I became very stuck in the lower-right quadrant of this puzzle and had to turn to some crossword buddies for help. I had … Read more >>
Preamble: In nine cells (adjacent or diagonally adjacent), letters clash. These clashes must be resolved appropriately so that all entries are real words. The resolved clashes, starting in the top row, define 37 … Read more >>
Neo is new to me. I am standing in for scchua who is away at the moment, so it is nice to get some new setters to blog. Very enjoyable and mostly steady … Read more >>
This is my first blog of a Jambazi puzzle, and indeed one of the few puzzles of his that I have actually solved, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect this morning. … Read more >>
Thank you, Phil Ashling for filling in so admirably for me last Tuesday when I was among 1,500 having a celebration lunch in a remote village in Fujian, China. We, all surnamed Yap, … Read more >>
This was a delightful way to start the week. We don’t think we have done a Pan puzzle before but we will keep an eye out from now on. The surface reading of … Read more >>
A fairly typical Rufus mix of anagrams and double and cryptic definitions, with the usual silky-smooth surfaces, mostly straightforward, which is no bad thing at this busy time, with a couple of [for … Read more >>
Punk on the oche again for the Monday offering. I did enjoy this one: some folk might think the setter’s taken one or two liberties, but I like the fact that there is … Read more >>
It’s the festive season again (it doesn’t seem that long since the last one!) and time for me to offer my thanks to many people. Firstly, to all those who gave a donation … Read more >>