Never knowingly undersolved
This was just about the difficulty, perhaps a bit more, for an easygoing Sunday cryptic. Thanks to Poins. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to … Read more >>
Usually when I blog an Azed puzzle everything is straightforward enough — do the puzzle, do the blog by Monday evening and schedule it for appearance the following Sunday. This one was different: … Read more >>
Always a pleasure to tackle a Monk puzzle, but I had particular trouble finishing the last few in this puzzle … … especially in the top left corner. 1A and the 1D linked … Read more >>
Not long after Araucaria’s Wagner / Verdi themed bank holiday special, we have a high quality Wagner / Poulenc themed puzzle from Crucible, timed close to the 200th anniversary of Wagner’s birth, which … Read more >>
Little did I realise when I wrote my last fifteensquared blog that I would be blogging another Rustic puzzle this month as well … for all the wrong reasons. Sadly, James Leonard, Rustic … Read more >>
A really tricky puzzle today Across 1 GINGER beer GIN (drink) GERM (beginning) minus M (maiden) 4 BRACED prepared BRA (support) CE (church) [fun]D 8 HAMMOCK to lie in … Read more >>
We found this a fairly straightforward, but very enjoyable Phiday offering, with the expected smooth surfaces and some crafty misdirections. We hadn’t come across the French phrase at 24ac before but it was … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25956.
It is a long time since I last crossed swords with Tyrus as a blogger; indeed, my only previous encounter with him was back in January 2011, with a controversial puzzle themed around … Read more >>
A breeze of a puzzle, this one, really, but still, a pleasant diversion on a rather bleak morning in England. One or two clues didn’t quite satisfy, but all-in-all no real grumbles – … Read more >>
A marvellously misleading menagerie of clues from Bonxie! Every clue, across and down, contains the name of an animal but Bonxie has cleverly exploited the diversity of the English language to the full, … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/May 13 An enjoyable Dante puzzle which confirmed his love for cryptic (and double) definitions. About half of the clues fell into that category. And then there was 15ac. Just two … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 11, 2013 I am including the clues in my blog this week for the first time. And I again welcome comments on whether people appreciate … Read more >>
Difficult, and then some. Did I mention this was hard? Down the left of the grid we have A GAUCHE and down the right A DROITE. Across the top and bottom of … Read more >>
It took me longer to get going on this than usual for a Chifonie, but it all came out nicely in the end, with some well-written, if uncomplicated, clues. … Read more >>