Never knowingly undersolved
Phi has set the Tuesday puzzle this week, so he is not occupying his usual Friday slot for once. Of course, since today is theme day, there had to be a reason for … Read more >>
Tramp has provided this morning’s headscratcher.
I started in on this at a pretty good clip before getting bogged down about halfway. Ultimately, this proved nothing too strenuous for a Tuesday, with the usual fine assortment of clues from Artexlen.
SLORMGORM kicks off the week…
I've not seen this compiler before, although I can see that there have been earlier puzzles. I found it more difficult than most Monday puzzles, although that may in part be related to my unfamiliarity with the setter.
This puzzle is available to solve online or download here.
We have a Quiptic from Anto this week. The Guardian website describes the Quiptic as ‘a web-only, cryptic puzzle for beginners and those in a hurry’. I’ll go along with … Read more >>
Soup has set quite a few Guardian Geniuses in recent years and he usually provides challenging and original puzzles.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4067.
Recently I’ve been solving Azeds quite quickly; on this one, however, I made rather a slow start, but once I’d got a few answers in the rest came reasonably smoothly. Thanks to Azed. … Read more >>
This is the twenty-seventh 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. The puzzle can be found here.
It’s now October – beware of the snake. I do enjoy Serpent’s puzzles – great surfaces and slightly odd cryptic directions. And of course a hidden message WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS … Read more >>
I was not really surprised to see Paul’s name on this puzzle, as he hadn’t appeared during the week and it was two weeks since his last Prize offering. A quick first glance … Read more >>
Cyclops has a couple of topical references this fortnight, and thankfully none of them involves Ronald T Dump…