Never knowingly undersolved
My one-in-every-four Thursday slot has thrown up a Nestor several times recently, and I am certainly not complaining! With Nestor, you know that you have a challenge on your hands, but you also … Read more >>
Yes, it’s me again – I’m standing in for Eileen, who is away. After Brendan yesterday I was delighted again to get Paul today, with a lot of his trademark humour and cheeky … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Mar 19 A typical Dante puzzle , enjoyable as ever. Definitions are underlined and/or referred to in the blog. Across 1 RUSTED Condition of tank, perhaps, after attack from the … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 17, 2012 A couple of people I correspond with did not like this puzzle but I did. Indeed I think that Mudd is getting better … Read more >>
Another very enjoyable puzzle from Cinephile: varied, witty and educational as always. Thank you Cinephile. Hold the mouse pointer over any clue number to read the clue. Across 9 CONSIGNIA CON (trick) SIGNorA (Italian lady) … Read more >>
The FT Tuesday gremlin struck yesterday, and the puzzle appeared only today, at the same time as today’s puzzle. I have liked Neo’s puzzles, and this was no exception, it was perhaps a … Read more >>
This was a good example of a daily puzzle. The entries are everyday words and the clues conjured up plenty of mental images, many involving enjoyable misdirection. I struggled a bit deconstructing the … Read more >>
The preamble for this puzzle appeared mind-bogglingly complex on first read through. It went as follows: What started off as x (between a, b and cde) may have been compromised by a direction … Read more >>
I don’t think I’ve blogged a Brendan puzzle for a while, so it was a delight to get this one, with lots of references to … Macbeth, which is one of the Shakespeare … Read more >>
An excellent offering from Anax today. It seems that he is making his crosswords a bit more accessible, without the devilish twists of wordplay that have characterised his puzzles in the past. Although, … Read more >>
This morning, as luck would have it, the area where my home is, suffered a power failure which was only restored at my 9am, two hours after the appearance of the puzzles. Apologies … Read more >>
Apologies for the lack of a post. As of now, today’s FT puzzle hasn’t been posted online. Could I please bother someone to send me a scanned copy at scchua2004@gmail.com Thank you in advance. Thanks for … Read more >>
A tricky puzzle with some excellent cluing – I especially liked 14dn and 21dn. Across 9 ABHOR =”can’t stand” Hidden inside [ar]AB HO[rse] 10 NONE OTHER =”the very same” anagram of (E=”25’s first” … Read more >>
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism Slightly unusual for Mordred to crop up on a Monday, but this was a slightly easier puzzle that he sometimes sets. There were still … Read more >>
Nutmeg fulfills the Quiptic brief very well.