Never knowingly undersolved
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.
Sorry for the late posting. I had completely missed the fact that it was my turn, until Gaufrid gently reminded me this morning, but I was out most of the day so couldn’t … Read more >>
A pretty tough Beelzebub this week, I found. I think the fact that the four 12-letter longer words around the perimeter were all unfamiliar to me made it tougher to break into the … Read more >>
Having moved from blogging the daily puzzle to the Sunday one, I seem to be landing all the setters I rarely saw during the week. No complaints though, as this was good stuff … Read more >>
Here we have Everyman’s usual mix of not-too-convoluted wordplays under impeccable surfaces. There are no geographical references to worry about, but a couple of words which might stretch your vocabulary. Across 1. Something … Read more >>
A lot going on in the preamble here, but everything was spelt out relatively clearly! There were extra letters in subsidiary indications which, together with three unclued entries, gave a quotation from the … Read more >>
Well – a treat for me – a Nimrod puzzle to blog. I’d better reach for the medication! As I would expect from Nimrod – some very original clues. Also a theme connecting … Read more >>