Never knowingly undersolved
Not blogged a Kairos for ages, so was pleased to see him in my Sunday slot. You always learn stuff from one of his puzzles, and there were a few things new to … Read more >>
Sunday, so walk the dog around Framlingham and Orford castles and then find the pub for beer, dog biscuits, beef scraps from the kitchen and the Everyman
A fairly straightforward Azed.
This puzzle is available to solve online or download here.
This is the thirty-fourth 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. There is a summary of the tricks used in the first six months here. This puzzle can be found here.
Jack’s clues often involve a bit of lateral thinking, and there are few toughies sprinkled in here, so that I had a hard time getting some traction on this puzzle.
A nice puzzle – I particularly liked 10ac, 22ac, 3dn, and 19dn. Thanks to Pangakupu
It’s the end of a week – it’s Phi again who sets the challenge.
A fun puzzle from SOLOMON this Friday
Rodriguez’s latest puzzle has been provided for our cruciverbal pleasure this Thursday. I actually found this quite challenging and had to work hard to finish the NE and SE quadrants. The fact that … Read more >>
Chandler is a regular setter of the Quiptic who has also popped up occasionally in the Cryptic slot, and once in the Genius. A couple of answers here were unfamiliar to me, but … Read more >>
Slormgorm steps up tot he plate this morning.
Hi all. What is the answer? That is the question …
You can depend on Basilisk for a great puzzle.
It’s Wednesday so we have a puzzle from Eccles in the Independent daily series. There were good anagrams for the two longest entries, DISCOURAGEMENT and AS NEAR AS DAMN IT. … Read more >>