Never knowingly undersolved
A new year, but the same old Dac. Which of course means consistently elegant clueing and lovely surfaces. Here’s to another 51 of these before the year’s out! He’s got one over on … Read more >>
A good crossword with quite a wide variation in the difficulty of the clues. Thank you Monk. I got most of the solutions quite easily, but then took a long time to get to solve … Read more >>
A nice mixture of clueing devices in Arachne’s web today. Mostly not too difficult, but I was fooled by a hidden answer till right at the end, and there are a couple of … Read more >>
The preamble stated "in every clue, the wordplay leads to the answer together with an extra letter not to be entered in the grid. In clue order these give the first line of … Read more >>
I posted the other day saying that in my opinion Raich’s puzzles were the easiest (but among the best) of those in the Indy. At first this statement seemed to be coming back … Read more >>
This is a quick and simple stroll through the park. Very straightforward and easy. ACROSS 1 SUPERB Ins of UP (riding) in SERB (European) 4 MAGNETIC Ins of NET (trap)in MAGIC 9 OVOID … Read more >>
A nice easy puzzle to start the week, and the year with. Rufus’s trademark cryptic and double definitions, anagrams, and clever surfaces are here, and some possibly nautical references also. Thanks Rufus. And … Read more >>
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism When I saw this was a Tyrus themed puzzle, my temptation was to start hitting the cheat button straight away. If it hadn’t been … Read more >>
It took me a little while to get into Beale’s style of clue, but once I got used to it, things went quickly.
Nick: Quite a lot going on in this Azed christmas special, of which I quite enjoyed completing, and also the challenge to be able to blog it. This was a sort of compendium of … Read more >>
Puzzles 1211 – 1262
The preamble told us that “Each solution contains a two-letter symbol for a chemical element, which needs to be transmuted into another before it is entered in the grid. Each transmutation changes both … Read more >>
As in previous years, since 15 sq began in 2006, I’m posting an annual review for the Indy cryptic puzzles (including IoS) giving average solving times for puzzles for each setter. As before, … Read more >>
There were a few mini themes running through this enjoyable puzzle which was two letters short of a pangram. I can’t see a W or a Q. Turning to the … Read more >>
A shorter (and less complicated!) preamble than some recent EVs – each clue giving an extra letter, which would spell out an instruction to apply to all answers before entry. I was lucky enough … Read more >>