Never knowingly undersolved
Food for thought this week, with SARNIES on the menu from Syd Lexis. Not much else to chew on for starters – with an unnumbered and only partially-barred grid…but at least Across and Down … Read more >>
Alphabetical jigsaws are my favourite puzzles, and Araucaria has made this form his own. The was not as hard as some of his jigsaws, having two double headers (C and W) to give us … Read more >>
Tough call today with a couple not fully explained as yet especially 7d. 13d is a stretch ACROSS 1 SHODDY ODD in SHY shoddy reused yarn 4 MAQUIS French guerrilla … Read more >>
Have carefully posted this after the newly-extended deadline ACROSS 1 Continue chasing fine drink – it involves heated brandy FLAP-DRAGON DRAG ON continue after F fine LAP drink (old parlour … Read more >>
It’s always a little disconcerting to come across an unfamiliar setter’s name – particularly on a Friday, when we expect something more challenging, and even more so if you’re the one due to … Read more >>
The Independent crossword that I blogged last week – the one by Hypnos with the whistleblower theme – generated a good deal of comment and controversy. I feel sure that this one will … Read more >>
As expected Monk has produced a good crossword with a nice range of clue-types. And also as expected I have failed to understand some of them, so what seems to be his brilliance … Read more >>
Enjoyed this, though the long down clues going in third and fourth meant it didn’t last very long. Favourite clue 21dn. Across 9 EAVESDROP =”spy” [L]EAVES DROP=”What happens in the fall, without starting” … Read more >>
Nothing to frighten the horses this morning from Sleuth. One or two elements of the parsing took me a minute to unravel, but I got there in the end. Hats off for 9ac … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Mar 5 A Dante crossword drenched in double definitions, anagrams, etc etc. All very familiar, but then there was 12ac. I have an idea how it might work, but I do not like … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 3, 2012 Cinephile is back with a puzzle that is a little harder than his usual, has a bunch of unconventional clues and has a … Read more >>
It is a good blogging week for me, first I get an alphabetical jigsaw from Araucaria in the Guardian and now a themed puzzle from Gozo. What a treat! All the across solutions … Read more >>
Good surface reading again from Dac. All fairly straightforward and in our opinion a good introductory puzzle for new solvers. We don’t time ourselves but this seemed to over and done with fairly … Read more >>
Thanks to Brummie for an enjoyable puzzle with a couple of intriguing images in the surface reading. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 8. Dramatic character making love in exotic villa, caught … Read more >>
The preamble tells us that there are misprints in the definitions in some clues but doesn’t tell us how many. The corrected letters give a cryptic link to a location. Once the grid’s … Read more >>