Never knowingly undersolved
Six pairs of linked clues, all with a common reference to ’20 in 5’…we’re off into thematic territory – and there is something here that rings a bell… The logical thing to do … Read more >>
Regular readers may have noticed that Gordius is not one of my favourite setters, but I found this one quite enjoyable, though perhaps rather easy for a Friday. It also suffers from coming … Read more >>
I found that I raced through most of this one before grinding to a standstill when just one or two clues from the end. Bizarrely, 1 kept me guessing till the very end, … Read more >>
A simple and neat, if somewhat bland, fare today. I liked solving this on the whole but missed having some high points to savour. Across 1 AFTER ALL dd 5 UTOPIA hidden in … Read more >>
A rare weekday appearance from Monk. Not sure I’ve ever blogged one of his puzzles before, but I have to say I found this pretty tricky. There were a lot of very well … Read more >>
I really struggled with this, and was prepared to wreak mighty vengeance on Monk in this post – but, on reflection over a cup of coffee, I can see that most of the … Read more >>
I found this quite tough going but, looking back, I can’t really see why. The clues are all fair and straightforward, with the usual wit thrown in – I blame my cold for … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/21 Nov Back to life, back to reality: a smoothie by Dante. Hardly anything controversial in this crossword. In particular, some nice anagrams with 10ac and 19ac (ROMAN TIMES – MONETARISM … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 19 I found the bottom-right quadrant of this puzzle a bit tricky, especially 24A and 15D. My favourite clues are 1A (PIERCE), 17A (CAFE NOIR), … Read more >>
A good puzzle from Gozo and as always an entertaining and educational puzzle to blog. Gozo’s grids are usually themed and this week we have another geography lesson with names of towns and geographical regions. I had heard … Read more >>
A thorough working-out of a theme by Brenda, which I found very satisfying.
Dac is presumably going to appear on Saturday, and instead of a fairly easy task I found that we have a setter with whom I usually have some trouble. But either I’m getting … Read more >>
The rubric states that extra letters in the wordplay of down clues identify an achievement, one feature of which is symbolically represented in the grid, together with the full name of its creator. … Read more >>
I had a good chat with Anax on Saturday night at the Derby Sloggers &Betters so it was a surprise that he didn’t say he was the setter for today (let alone give … Read more >>
This was a sound crossword where the wordplay was clear and the definitions were fairly unambiguous. There were very few surplus link words in the clues. The only clue I … Read more >>