Never knowingly undersolved
Filbert is becoming a regular in the IoS slot. I always find this setter a challenge, but invariably a fair and enjoyable one. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as … Read more >>
Everyman time once again so walk dog, grab paper, find pub, buy beer and locate the dog biscuits.
We have a plain puzzle from Azed this week
A new setter for me to blog. Single celled organisms are more cerebral than they used to. Happy new year to all – may peace spread faster than war. Some high quality and … Read more >>
This is the forty-second Guardian Quick Cryptic, a series of 11 x 11 crosswords designed to support beginners learning cryptic crosswords. The whole point of these crosswords is support and encouragement of new solvers, so special rules for these crosswords apply – see here – those rules include not posting solving times. This puzzle can be found here.
Cyclops laughs in the face of ‘Dry January’ (although I prefer to think of it as ‘Dry Gin-uary’…)
As Enigmatist fare goes, this must be on the easier end of the spectrum, inasmuch as I appear to have completed this one. I have provided what I hope is a reasonable explanation for just about everything.
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
This was the final puzzle from Dysart (the late Andy Stewart) following on from no. 4829, Bigfoot in August. I was surprised to find that this was his 64th, going way back to … Read more >>
A rather sad “Goodbye!” We find that we have Dysart’s last Listener in front of us and know that this will be the last one that JEG will mark. Sad, but also extremely … Read more >>
Friday is once again Phi-Day.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29594.
A breezy challenge from ZAMORCA this Friday.
Tickets can be purchased at this link. Calling all Fifteensquared setters and solvers. Please come and join us on Friday, March 21 for an all-day conference about literature and word puzzles in the Auditorium at Magdalen College, Oxford. We … Read more >>