Never knowingly undersolved
First of all, we want to offer our apologies to Hob. As far as we can see, the Indy has published three puzzles from this new setter and we have now blogged all … Read more >>
Don (aka Bradman, Pasquale, Quixote, Giovani etc) is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his first newspaper crossword in Oxford on 20 May. Full details can be found here.
Firstly, my apologies for having this blog up so late. I have finals starting soon and I misjudged my workload. I’m sorry for making you all wait.
A typical Rufus with concise clues of mostly cryptic and double definitions and anagrams. Thanks Rufus. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle. … Read more >>
According to her profile, Hectence is a Manchester City supporter, so to cheer her up after Saturday’s events (footie haters can look away now) I will say that I thought that this was … Read more >>
It’s Monday, it’s a Quixote puzzle … you know what to expect. A pleasing, accessible crossword which is often a quickish solve for more experienced crossworders, but a fine learning device for those … Read more >>
With the usual apologies to anyone who struggled, I found this Cyclops puzzle remarkably easy. For some reason, the one that took me longest was 15d. I think I will nominate 21a/18d as … Read more >>
The same weekend that Inquisitor is moved into the main paper, Beelzebub benefits from almost double the space we’re used to. The grid is commensurately huge, while the clues remain printed in the … Read more >>
I think we welcome another new setter to the IoS this week, though I do recall one or two Inquisitors set by eXternal quite recently. This was a good puzzle, which required a … Read more >>
Nick: This was perhaps the toughest ‘plain’ puzzle from Azed (other than the ‘specials’) that I have attempted – a definite 10/10 on the hardness scale. But before the blog, something related: Well, … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning to you all. Fairly straight forward Everyman this week, a few clues made me think harder than usual. First clues in, 3 and 8dn, and 18ac. Favourites were, 18,21 and 24ac. … Read more >>
I think I have solved all the clues correctly, but I can’t quite explain the parsing/wordplay in all cases. And although I could detect an underlying theme-ette, there were a couple of ‘almost-nina’s … Read more >>
I used to find Tramp puzzles pretty tricky but I think I must be getting on to his wavelength at last. I have not seen any of the Star Wars movies but fortunately … Read more >>
The annual lunch for Times setters is taking place on 23rd May and this will be followed by a Sloggers and Betters get-together in The Town of Ramsgate (62 Wapping High Street E1) … Read more >>
Excellent way to start the day Across 1 IMPEACH disparage I’M PEACH 5 STOMATA tiny holes TOMAT[o] (fruit) in SA (it – sex appeal) 9 FIEND monster FRIEND (chum) … Read more >>