Never knowingly undersolved
This is Shark’s fourth offering in this series. One of his previous puzzles was last Christmas, with gift, toys and presents under the tree. This was a nicely constructed puzzle with straightforward … Read more >>
The NE corner took me longer than usual for a Phssthpok. Thanks for the challenge, Phssthpok. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links with the puzzle.]] Across … Read more >>
This is Jambazi’s second puzzle for the weekday Independent. He has also set one weekend prize puzzle. His first daily Independent puzzle was published n July and I enjoyed blogging it then. I … Read more >>
Shed is always challenging and many of his clues can only be solved by the backward method of hazarding a likely answer and then working back to justify the wordplay. Even so, I … Read more >>
Orlando is one of a couple of Quiptic setters whose puzzles I always enjoy solving. Today I wasn’t disappointed. Most of the definitions given are from Chambers 11th Edition. Most of the standard … Read more >>
Nice to see one of Audreus’s rare appearances in the Monday slot (and we can confidently predict her son Shed for tomorrow). This was mostly easy going, with a striking number of clues … Read more >>
Another accessible but well-constructed Monday puzzle from Quixote. Lots of different devices, including some clever anagrams, and some nice story-telling surfaces. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind … Read more >>
I solved this one before I realised I was going to blog it and haven’t made any contemporaneous notes. I can’t even remember which was the first clue answered, nor which was the … Read more >>
I’d hesitate to say this was an especially easy week for Beelzebub, but I did manage to complete the puzzle unaided, in one sitting, which is something of a rarity. It would be … Read more >>
Nick: For a special, I found this rather easy, so 6/10 for me, but 9/10 for the cleverness. Incidently, this blog took me longer to do than the puzzle 😀 First, the preamble, so … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning happy solvers, Nice Sunday morning solve with nothing too taxing. First in was 6dn and last in was 4ac. Favourites this week are; 11, 13 and 22ac, 1, 6, 14 and … Read more >>
An IoS towards the harder end of the spectrum, I thought. There were quite some answers that had to be teased out, including the 4 long anagrams, of which I found 8 down … Read more >>
So a puzzle with a title of Difficulty – but no indication of its level of difficulty. Nine letters are missing from the subsidiary indications and this then needs to be used to … Read more >>
Nurse! My medication, please! This fiendishly clever and involved Saturday Prize puzzle from Nimrod almost reduced me to a gibbering wreck…or rather to more of one… Where to start? Several linked clues; some … Read more >>
We thought this was a pretty tough prize puzzle, in the context of those from the previous few weeks. That was probably largely due to a theme that was difficult for us, and … Read more >>