Never knowingly undersolved
A good challenge both in the initial solve and then again a few days later when we came to write up the blog! We like Klingsor’s puzzles so were very pleased to see … Read more >>
Seven unclued entries, 18 with extra letters in the wordplay, one clued without definition and quite a convoluted preamble as to how the unclued entries are derived. Would I be tempting fate by saying … Read more >>
A fun prize puzzle from Araucaria, with a mini theme of writers. We found this quite doable and as enjoyable as ever, but got rather stuck on BELL TENT – our last clue. … Read more >>
Typical high quality Across 1 LOGISTICAL (organisational) ITS< in LOGICAL (rational) 7 SHED (outside building) SHE (that woman) D (died) 9 INKY (very dark) IN Kentucky 10 LATENT HEAT dd … Read more >>
Another enjoyable puzzle from Phi to end the week. We always like the smooth reading in Phi’s clues and 2d was an absolute delight! We’ve searched for a theme or nina but haven’t … Read more >>
I’m back in business – if only just; in the aftermath of Sandy, after getting power back on Monday, on Wednesday an early winter storm blew in, dumping four inches of wet snow, and I was without power for another nine hours.
I think there might be some cries of ‘obscurity’ this morning but the less familiar [or unknown] solutions were all very fairly and clearly clued, I think. For me, the difficulties lay more … Read more >>
A change of blogger today due to work commitments. I can’t say I particularly enjoyed this puzzle, too many four letter words for my liking including one (12ac) that I cannot explain. Assuming … Read more >>
Today has seen the latest of my many tussles with Nestor’s puzzles on a blogging day. My apologies if the blog seems a little cursory today: I was away from home until late … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/ Oct 29 I have to confess that, despite some very easy clues, I found this the hardest Dante crossword I’ve ever solved, or better: tried to solve. Probably due to the … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 27, 2012 The last Mudd in this space was unusually, surprisingly difficult. This one was a breeze; I finished it in a single sitting. My … Read more >>
Standard stuff from Cinephile. Of couse the standard set by Cinephile/Araucaria is very high, so it is unfair to expect something extraordinary all the time. It must be difficult trying to live up to one’s own … Read more >>
After a week off, Dac returns to the Wednesday Independent slot with another high quality set of clues which read very smoothly. It’s always difficult to pick out a favourite Dac … Read more >>
Schadenfreude is a prolific setter who produces interesting puzzles which almost always have real words in the solution even after letters have been added to or changed in the grid. This Inquisitor maintained … Read more >>
A puzzle of varied styles from Philistine, with clues ranging from the conventional, almost banal (e.g. 9ac, 10ac, 19ac) to the devious 17dn and the bizarre 1dn. Fortunately the easy ones provided enough … Read more >>