Never knowingly undersolved
Punk and I keep bumping into one another on a Monday morning, which I don’t mind in the least, because his puzzles always raise a few laughs and smiles, which is rather what … Read more >>
This was one of the very much easier Quiptics. Thanks Orlando, for the double and cryptic definitions and anagrams, and for the absence of obscure words, whether dialect, slang, English or foreign. Definitions are … Read more >>
First of all, a Happy Easter to all, and a farewell, at least for the time being, as I find myself unable to live up to my compromises with 225, so have decided … Read more >>
I kept an open mind about this but the APRIL FOOL theme was unavoidable — i.e. once the grid was full there was no obvious way to resolve the clashes other than to … Read more >>
With the date being what it was, I was half-expecting un poisson d’avril theme, but it turned out not to be so. However, since it was also Palm Sunday, we have a little … Read more >>
A challenging yet entertaining Saturday puzzle from Bannsider this week, featuring some wonderfully misleading surfaces and inventive wordplay. I did wonder if there were going to be a Ronnie Barker theme, due to … Read more >>
Well, here’s a turn-up – a Gordius as a Prize crossword, especially after a week of pretty challenging puzzles. [Regular readers will understand that I was speechless when I saw it as my … Read more >>
As usual a good crossword from Phi. It was not the difficult one that some on this site feared when we had some easier ones early in the week, but it was made harder … Read more >>
POISSON D’AVRIL ACROSS 1/23d PICOT CO firm in PIT mine 5/22d INQILAB revolution IN QI life force LAB 10/21d LOOSEST most relaxed LOO heads= ship’s toilet SE ST 12/19d … Read more >>
I think I dodged a bullet here. Blogging the odd-numbered puzzles meant that I didn’t have to contend with the April Fools’ Day special, and instead drew this tractable but satisfying puzzle. That … Read more >>
Uncle Yap seems to have been hogging Philistine’s blogs recently, and I am happy to take this one from him. The crossword is marked by some quite unusual wordplays (wordsplay?).
It’s now two days in a row, but this time I didn’t know in advance that I was going to be standing-in, hence the delay in publishing this analysis. We were told in … Read more >>
Nimrod never fails to impress us. His latest Inquisitor took us a while to finish but provided much enjoyable head-scratching until the puzzle eventually fell into place. We wondered what we would have … Read more >>
Today continues the lull, more or less, we’ve had so far this week – perhaps leading to a perfect storm tomorrow? Thanks to Chifonie for an enjoyable puzzle with trim and compact cluing. (By … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Mar 26 Always satisfying to blog a puzzle by Crux. On the easier side of the FT spectrum, but with enough little twists and turns to make this an enjoyable ride. … Read more >>