Never knowingly undersolved
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 >>
An easy going puzzle with some good surfaces from a regular starter for the FT week. Thanks Jason. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[Each picture at the bottom has an unidentified link … Read more >>
Not the blogger you were led last week to expect [I’m a 23’s 23 today] with a rather later blog than usual for a Tuesday [but Uncle Yap has a 7-hour start on … Read more >>
Apologies for the late blog; I failed to note it was my turn until the last minute.
Enjoyed this – got 8ac second last and got to play hunt-the-theme on the finished grid. Also liked 25ac. 22dn and 24dn. Across 8 FRUITFUL =”Productive” I can count 13 fruit hidden in … Read more >>
Quixote is twelfth man today, so Tyrus is running up to the crease this morning to bowl us some googlies and doosras. I was slightly concerned when I saw his name on the … Read more >>
This was an enojyable Sunday solve, just about the right level of difficulty to fill a 45 minute gap waiting for the football to start in the pub. There’s a good mixture of … Read more >>
I always look forward to blogging the Everyman puzzle, because there’ll be plenty of inventive but gettable clues and a wide range of references that often have me going off on a tangent … Read more >>
Oddly enough my last clue was the one I should have recognized immediately (since I used to live on a kibbutz) — namely, 15A. On which I think Azed made a slight mistake. … Read more >>
An excellent and thoroughly enjoyable themed puzzle from Radian, with some crafty misdirection in the use of the word ‘coinage’ and some thematic references in the wordplay to several clues even when they … Read more >>
I blogged the last EV Oxymoron puzzle, with its Humphrey Bogart and Sir Isaac Newton theme. That was great fun, so hopefully more of the same here. Single letters were to be dropped … Read more >>