Never knowingly undersolved
Oh dear! This week we had a Hawk puzzle, his fourth Listener. Last time (no 4782, Life 2) involved cutting up the grid into two different sizes and gluing them together to identify … Read more >>
Friday, Phi, Independent crossword puzzle – they all go together.
A tougher-than-usual challenge from NEO this Friday.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29654.
Always happy to have an Eccles puzzle to solve and blog.
Anto appears to be working overtime: it’s only ten days since his previous cryptic puzzle and four since the weekend Quiptic.
An excellent puzzle from Jason.
“Each clue contains a single letter to be removed before solving; in clue order, these spell out what solvers should highlight in the completed grid, involving perhaps GOOD ADVICE? Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
A slow solve – my favourites were 19ac, 1dn, 5dn, and 18dn. Thanks to Paul
We were expecting an Eccles puzzle today so we were quite surprised to find the setter was Maize.
Great fun from Goliath this morning.
Pride… by Nimrod The wordplay in each clue bar one leads to the solution plus an extra letter (in the exception, two letters) not entered in the grid. In clue order. these letters … Read more >>
Hoskins has compiled today’s puzzle, on what is Tuesday aka theme day. Alas, despite scouring the clues and the completed grid, I haven’t managed to come up with any theme, but I feel … Read more >>
A quick solve for me today, helped by getting the four long down answers early on. Thanks to Pangakupu for the puzzle. I’ve looked for the customary Maori Nina: all I can see … Read more >>
Good fun with a few innovative/unconventional clues from Slormgorm today