Never knowingly undersolved
It was relatively easy to identify the Guru of the title, less so to complete this multi-threaded puzzle. First there were two completely barred off squares, one preceded the IKE of ikebana, the … Read more >>
It’s been quite a while since I blogged an Eimi puzzle, so this was a welcome appearance from the Ed. The grid suggested that there was a theme (as did the setter!), but … Read more >>
Since this setter was new to me, I searched and found that he/she makes just a single appearance in the FT every 2nd half of June, since 2008. This coincides with another annual event, … Read more >>
It has been a laugh a minute this morning when I unravelled Paul’s latest offering. In many cases, I first hazarded a likely answer and then worked backwards to justify the word-play and … Read more >>
On behalf of Eric Westbrook: A 3D Bloggers and Setters in Cheltenham — August 6th The next Bloggers and Setters get-together will be held in Cheltenham on Saturday August 6th starting at 1.00 … Read more >>
Another excellent Quiptic from Pan. Unfortunately at the time I solved it the answer to 22 down had the middle two letters reversed which then gave an incorrect spelling for 25 across. All … Read more >>
The usual straightforward stuff from Rufus today, with lots of double definitions. Only two cryptic definitions, one of which I find rather unsatisfactory. Across 7. NARRATION RAN reversed … Read more >>
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, CD=cryptic def, DD=double def, sp=spoonerism I found this a bit more difficult than the usual Quixote and there were one or two clues I had to work quite hard … Read more >>
A bumper number of clues to tackle this week, but I seemed to make very swift progress. An all-but-unaided finish in the end, just pulling out the Big Red Book to check entries … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning all, I will be away in Malta so will not be able to respond to any comments this week but look forward to reading them when I get home. Phew, what … Read more >>
I am blogging this in The Old Joint Stock in Birmingham, where we are anticipating tomorrow’s Sloggers & Betters meet (which will have happened by the time you read this). Fortunately, it doesn’t … Read more >>
With my cruciverbal workload having increased recently, I have to make this my final Azed blog for the foreseeable future. It was a good one to go out on, with some clever and … Read more >>
A mixed avian theme this week with birds, bird songs and Birdsong. The clues are very tight, no unused words or vague cryptic definitions – nice one Paul. Across 1 TITCHY sCavenging cHeetah … Read more >>
What a piece of work this was.
So clashes in across and downs this week will define a track with non-clashing clues containing a misprint which will guide you on your way. Also some thematic unclued entries to deduce. Sounds … Read more >>