Never knowingly undersolved
This is the fourth Bannsider puzzle that the ‘once-every-five-weeks’ schedule has sent my way and, as usual, it presented a stiff but enjoyable challenge… …and, unless I am mistaken, not just a pangram, but … Read more >>
Lucid and far from flimsy fare ACROSS 1 SECONDHAND dd 7 COKE pop OK certainly in CE church 9 OBOE hidden backwards in sterEO BOoming 10 RETRACTION withdrawal TR … Read more >>
It’s Phi-day so we are happy! We sometimes find musical references within clues somewhat difficult but all of the answers here seemed fine. We don’t think there is a link between them … Read more >>
A typically delightful offering from Araucaria.
Sorry I’m late; had to do some last-minute work on [PLUG ALERT] my forthcoming book on the history of toilet paper. Reliance on lengthy themed solutions always puts me in rather a bad … Read more >>
The usual Gordius mix, I think. Across 1 INVOICE: simple charade of IN [fashionable – yet again] + VOICE [singing] 5 GOODBYE: anagram [trip] of BODY and EGO: the clue actually indicates that … Read more >>
I always know there’s a good chance of a puzzle by Nestor when I have the Thursday blogging slot, and so it was today. I really plodded through what was an excellent puzzle … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/May 14 It looks like Falcon is going to join Dante and Crux more regularly on the Monday spot. A well-constructed crossword that was very much on the easy side. After … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 12, 2012 Cincinnus gives us another sterling puzzle with especially fine clues at 21A (FORMOSA), 1D (SPILLAGE) and 26D (JILL). I also like the brief … Read more >>
I found this difficult, there is one clue I still have no idea about. Very enjoyable regardless, solved with much use of the dictionary. Thank you Monk. Yet again I fail to spot the … Read more >>
I think all the entries for this puzzle are words familiar to Independent readers. The clues were clear and not too difficult to solve in the majority of cases. However, you will … Read more >>
This puzzle had a fairly long preamble: "In every clue but one, a letter must be removed from the definition part before solving. In clue order, these spell out the beginning of a … Read more >>
This is Philistine’s eighth appearance since his Guardian debut almost exactly a year ago (26th May 2011). As seems to be the norm for his puzzles, this one was fairly straightforward, but with … Read more >>
Every year on 31 December, nmsindy posts an annual review of the Indy puzzles on 15 sq giving average solving times for each setter. Very often I’ve been asked “How do the other … Read more >>
The last time we had a Punk he had me as a blogger and I was less than complimentary about his puzzle — but it was pointed out that I shouldn’t have been. … Read more >>