Never knowingly undersolved
Another approachable offering from Everyman this week, with plenty of anagrams to get you going, as well as the ‘primarily’ clue. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* … Read more >>
I found this mostly not to hard on the Azed scale, though a few clues held me up at the end, especially the crossing pair 30a and 22d. I have a couple of … Read more >>
Thank you to Filbert. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Get cold feet crossing lake in total darkness (8) BLACKOUT : [BACK OUT](get cold feet/reverse one’s position on or commitment to … Read more >>
Botox is a collaboration between two long-standing Listener setters, Artix (who is pretty tough) and Shark (who is also pretty tough). Last year’s Listener dinner was held in Lincoln, and I bumped into … Read more >>
Another puzzle to blog this week and this time we have a Twin. We also have today’s Inquisitor to solve and blog.
This is the forty-fifth Guardian Quick Cryptic, a series of 11 x 11 crosswords designed to support beginners learning cryptic crosswords.
A themed puzzle from Paul for this week’s Prize.
Once again, Phi has brought a suite of mid-week puzzles to an end. I found this to be quite a challenging puzzle, towards the hard end of the Phi difficulty spectrum, with long … Read more >>
I didn’t seem to be on the right wavelength at all this morning so found this quite hard, though in retrospect almost everything seems reasonably straightforward, with the exception of one clue that … Read more >>
A generally breezy challenge from XELA this Friday, save for a few clues here and there.
Thank you to Ludwig. Definitions are underlined in the clues. And if there is a theme, I don’t see it. Across 1. Marriage added to traditions that we recently abandoned (7,5) CUSTOMS UNION … Read more >>
Tack is a relatively new setter in the Independent series, appearing every three months or thereabouts.
A straightforward puzzle this morning.
Gaston says that this puzzle ‘requires NO INTRODUCTION’, so I won’t write one…