Never knowingly undersolved
It’s ‘musical chairs’ today amongst some of the 225 bloggers. This is our first Guardian blog although we complete the puzzle most days over coffee or lunch. Having read the blog yesterday we … Read more >>
After a rocky start with 1A, this was plain sailing.
A mixed bag from Sleuth today: a handful of gems, some fantastic surfaces, and one or two stinkers. Still, variety is the spice of life and all that, so no complaints here. ACROSS … Read more >>
We’ve not blogged a Tees puzzle before so we approached today’s offering with a degree of trepidation although we always enjoy his puzzles. There were a number of clues that we solved but … Read more >>
This is a new setter for me. A check on the Guardian website shows her last crossword there was in July 2010. Initially I had nothing in the upper half, and had to … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/13 Aug Friendly crossword (which you may find here) in the well-known Dante style. Some really nice touches today, but also The Chestnut of all Chestnuts (15d). Definitions are underlined wherever possible … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 11, 2012 I found this to be an exceptionally good and enjoyable Cinephile. The clues I especially like are 7A (TAPE), 11A (PRIEST), 14D (DOWNGRADE) … Read more >>
Apologies for the very much later than usual posting. The gremlin struck the FT crossword site again, and yesterday’s puzzle wasn’t available until this morning. This is like reporting yesterday’s news, so this is … Read more >>
Very enjoyable, thank you Gozo. All the across solutions are pieces of classical music, I had some fun looking them up in Wikipedia and Youtube. Most were familiar, some were new … Read more >>
There’s been a rather longer than usual gap since the last Arachne puzzle, so I feel particularly lucky to have drawn this one. I think I found it rather easier than usual, except … Read more >>
Dac is appearing today in his regular Wednesday slot, although it has not fallen to me to blog one of his puzzles for quite a while. As is customary for me when solving … Read more >>
Two Schadenfreudes in a row for Hihoba to blog. Another mercifully brief preamble told us that there was a letter to be removed from each clue, always leaving a word but not necessarily … Read more >>
I have blogged Samuel puzzles in the Saturday Independent Magazine Inquisitor series, but I don’t remember even seeing, let alone blogging a Samuel in the Independent daily series. This was … Read more >>
I’m afraid the puzzle hasn’t been posted on the FT site, and therefore I’ll only be able to blog it later than usual, perhaps even tomorrow, if it doesn’t appear today. It would … Read more >>
Quite an easy and straight-forward set of clues. Place cursor over clue number to read the clue Across 1 DESPATCH DES (some in French) PATCH (piece) 5 BALSAM BALSA (wood) … Read more >>