Never knowingly undersolved
I’m not very good at spotting ninas but these days the name of the game seems to be ‘Spot the error’. However, Araucaria is not noted for either and I found this an … Read more >>
It is Thursday today so any number of different compilers can by lying in wait for one, although Nestor has always featured prominently in my Thursday blogging slots. Long may that continue, although … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 3 Sometimes it’s D-Day (i.e. Dante), sometimes it’s C-Day. C stands for Crux, a setter with a love for good surfaces. This particular puzzle which can be found here , … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 1, 2012 Ah, what a lovely puzzle! Plaudits for 12A (LA MER), 18A (EXTRACTOR FAN), 24A (LA SCALA) and 9D (TRANSFORMATION). Slight, tentative quibble about … Read more >>
Eileen has kindly allowed me to use her Fifteensquared address to post here, to say that I am organising the next Sloggers and Betters Midlands get-together, which will be in Derby on Saturday … Read more >>
Fiendishly clever Across 1 BIOPIC (film) I (international) OP (work) in BIC (pen) 5 DIES AWAY (disappears) (A WISE)* in DAY (24hrs) 9 BUTTRESS (prop) TT (races) RES (reserve) in … Read more >>
A pleasant crossword from Dac where the solution built up gradually with each further pass through the acrosses and downs. I found the crossing letters particularlly helpful when solving this puzzle. … Read more >>
Nutmeg is a fairly regular Inquisitor contributor. This is her (I think) 15th crossword in the Inquisitor series. The preamble stated: "Having completed the grid, solvers must remove a significant group of letters … Read more >>
Paul isn’t suffering from writer’s block today… Not Paul’s hardest or rudest but I can’t suss out 18 properly so suggestions welcome. [Note the clue was changed later to be: Attendants semi-dressed, including … Read more >>
A nice accessible crossword from Eimi today, with only one or two clues that I struggled to understand. The very strange grid, with its preponderance of three-letter answers and its unches at the … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle, not too taxing, though I took some time to get into it. Don’t know why – perhaps the late night yesterday. Thanks Jason. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The … Read more >>
This must be a unique blog. I am in Bangkok on a short holiday and without convenient Internet access. So I went to a roadside cafe featuring free WiFi, had a drink and … Read more >>
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism My criticism of Nimrod is that he sometimes does seem to go out of his way to make the puzzle as difficult as possible, … Read more >>
I made heavy weather of this one, and there are a couple of clues where I am not sure if the wordplay.
Apologies for the delay with this one. I lost my laptop mid-week and had to re-solve this online. In doing so, I’ve lost the name of the setter! It was just as much … Read more >>