Never knowingly undersolved
Well I never. It has been a while, but this was a rare unaided finish for your blogger. I suspect the enforced discipline of tackling the puzzle over a quiet pint or two … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning to you all, I was working on Sunday so had to wait until Tuesday before I could do my much loved Everyman. Fairly straight forward this week, favourites are too numerous … Read more >>
This was a standard plain crossword from Azed with the usual mix of precise cluing and unfamilair words. Azed’s puzzle always show how any word can be clued by breaking … Read more >>
I believe this is only the second IoS from Commoner. Many interesting surfaces. The last answer that I parsed took a bit longer than the others. Thanks to Commoner. Definitions are underlined in … Read more >>
Apologies for the late post – we didn’t complete this last Saturday morning, and I managed to forget that I was meant to be writing a post about it. Anyway, we found this … Read more >>
A challenging puzzle, as one tends to expect from a Bannsider, but I got there. It took almost the entire week, but I did manage to finish unaided, though one or two took … Read more >>
Having escaped from the jaws of Playfair codes with yesterday’s Listener (Oh, No! Not Another Playfair), courtesy of Mordred, here I am well and truly in at the deep end! Time to see … Read more >>
An enjoyable solve Across 1 PERICOPE a few words of Scripture PER (one) I (in) COPE (priestly garment) 5 IAMBUS part of poem 1am transport 10 CONKING hitting on … Read more >>
Another Friday Phi puzzle to blog – we’re not complaining! Often Phi has a hidden theme or a nina. Sometimes we’ve looked for these and missed them, sometimes we’ve hunted for one and … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25932.
I think this is one of the easiest Paul puzzles I’ve solved – but no less enjoyable for that – and, after yesterday, that’s perhaps a bit of a relief. Clues such as … Read more >>
I’m seldom at my best when I have to call on my scanty reserves of French to complete a crossword, and Dogberry made me do it not once but twice this morning. Still, … Read more >>
I did a double-take when I spotted that Crosophile had set today’s puzzle, since I have previously seen his (?) work on Wednesdays only. I worked steadily through this one, finding that I … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/April 15 Nothing too tricky in this typical Dante crossword. Apart from the odd homophone and the palindrome at 16ac, Dante restricted himself to the standard devices. We were given cds … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 13, 2013 I found this Cincinnus puzzle trickier than most but well up to his usual standard. My clues of the week are 16A (BENISON), … Read more >>