Never knowingly undersolved
Annoyingly, I forgot that we were meant to be blogging this crossword until a reminder from Gaufrid today, so we were too late to actually enter the solution. However, it was fun to … Read more >>
I’ve solved harder Azeds. Rather disappointed that there’s a wordplay I still can’t parse. And I’m struggling to understand why Azed thinks the Grand Canyon is small? I’m sure someone will clarify though. … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/everyman/3477.
Crosophile has been a regular monthly contributor to the Wednesday slot in the Independent, but is this his first IoS puzzle? It’s certainly the first time I’ve blogged him. It was a good … Read more >>
This was a funny old puzzle. I raced through about 90% of it without blinking, then completely ground to a halt on the last handful. Even with a week to think about it … Read more >>
A rather surprisingly straightforward Araucaria puzzle, especially for a Saturday Prize, with some very easy clues, eg 5, 9,13, 23, 24ac and 1, 3, 16, 19 and 20dn, with an oddly unseasonal mini-theme … Read more >>
Phi continues to produce nice Friday crosswords. He is always a bit tricky to get started on, then once one is going it all falls into place fairly quickly. The sign of good … Read more >>
Lots to enjoy (stumped by 24 across) Across 1 AIRSTRIP place for taking off AIRS (broadcasts) TRIP (drug experience) 6 CLEESE comedian LEE (general) S[hock] in CE (church) 9 … Read more >>
A nifty design where the perimeter is comprised of four hyphenated repeats Across 1 Spa’s private room asked for during Prohibition BADEN-BADEN DEN (private room) BADE (asked) all in … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25962.
Relatively straight forward in the preamble department – extra letters from the wordplay spell out a quotation and this will enable the solver to complete the un-clued perimeter cells. Sounds straight forward enough. … Read more >>
A clever puzzle from Araucaria. 24 down led me to the mini-theme but still a mental workout. Thanks Araucaria. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified … Read more >>
I struggled somewhat with today’s offering from Loroso, though in retrospect I’m not entirely sure why. A testing puzzle, for sure, with plenty of ingenious mechanisms and subtle misdirections, but nothing to grumble … Read more >>
It’s Thursday and it’s Nestor so we expected to have our work cut out here. We weren’t disappointed! There were some devious clues here plus a few new words which needed checking. There … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/May 20 It’s been a while since we had a Crux puzzle on a Monday. I found this once more an enjoyable puzzle (with many fine surfaces) from this setter. However, … Read more >>