Never knowingly undersolved
A pretty typical Rufus puzzle for a sunny [!] Bank Holiday morning – lovely surfaces throughout, a fair sprinkling of anagrams and cryptic [some not so cryptic] definitions, some clever clues, like 24ac … Read more >>
This is probably one of the easiest Quiptics to date. But no complaints. It did have some very nice surfaces, and many anagrams; the latter being part of the reason why I found it … Read more >>
Many thanks to Arachne and Gervase for organising such a friendly and enjoyable get-together in Manchester yesterday and for allowing me to gate-crash it for my research. Could I also thank the 16 … Read more >>
The usual mix of obscure words and Ximenean clues, although I have a couple of minor queries which I’m sure others can resolve. A crossword notable for three different ways of cluing the … Read more >>
Guardian. Genius. Araucaria. What more to say?!… (I have to admit my heart skipped a beat when I saw my turn on the Genius rota was an Araucaria. After 20+ years of solving the … Read more >>
A pleasing puzzle from Hypnos in the usual IoS style – not too challenging, but with plenty of good clues to enjoy. This one fell out nicely – it was a solver-friendly grid … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/everyman/3473.
As expected, this was a somewhat challenging Saturday puzzle from Nimrod. Several of the clues were deceptively straightforward, but there were quite a few that were fiendishly constructed, really stirring up the grey … Read more >>
And still Araucaria keeps them coming! Like PeterO yesterday, I count myself blessed in having landed a good proportion of them recently. I was fortunate in that 12ac, for which we Brits, of … Read more >>
It isn’t giving anything away to the casual reader of this blog to say that all the across clues are of two words. I found it rather hard to get started on this, … Read more >>
Smooth and 5 down Across 1 LIQUIDISER blender I QUID (one pound) in LE (the French) R[estaurant] 7 DEAN college administrator A in DEN (study) 9 FEAT achievement FE … Read more >>
Fiendishly clever Across 1 Sea creature – French Republic has one in store STARFISH RF (Republique Francaise) in STASH (store) 7 Loafer, say, very unwanted on barge SHOE V … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25938.
So how taxing is taxing? That is my first question – Misprints in the definitions of all but 2 clues, once corrected they will reveal a French proverb and ten thematic adjustments to … Read more >>
An enjoyable bit-of-a-challenge puzzle from Puck, whom I haven’t blogged before. Some interesting and satisfying clues. Thanks to Puck. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to … Read more >>