Never knowingly undersolved
A delightful puzzle from Bluth, which I really enjoyed solving and blogging. Some great surface readings and a wide variety of subject matter to test solvers. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition … Read more >>
Sunday and time to walk the dog, find the pub and solve the crossword
It’s always a relief when blogging duty coincides with an Azed plain, because his specials, which are especially good, always take me ages to do. I admire his grid construction: OK some of the words are pretty wild, but they are all there in Chambers so far as I can see, and to fit words into a 12×12 grid where there are four 11-letter words abutting each other in pairs seems brilliant. 5 and 8dn are presenting problems, which I’m sure will be explained to me.
Definitions underlined in crimson. Anagrams indicated (like this)* or *(this), with their indicators in italics.
Another sound Sunday offering from Hoskins, who is becoming a regular in the IoS slot. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] … Read more >>
Serpent gives us today’s challenge.
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 13, 2024
I have blogged a number of Tramp’s crosswords in the Inquisitor, but as an irregular Guardian blogger, I am not sure whether I have blogged a puzzle by him in this newspaper before. … Read more >>
It’s the end of the week and once again, we have a Phi to solve. No complaints at all.
Quite an easy one for a Friday, I thought, but neatly clued and with some nice touches. Thanks to Fed. Across 8,9 NO‑CLAIMS BONUS Musical snob on convoluted reason cover can be discounted? … Read more >>
A good challenge from NEO this Friday.
A typical Guy puzzle today.
Mev has provided today’s teaser to keep the old brain ticking over on this cold winter’s day. I found this to be towards the hard end of the Indy spectrum in terms of … Read more >>
Thank you to Paul. This is one for the birds. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Little character shown by husband in corporation occupying permanent residence (3,5) TOM THUMB : [ … Read more >>
Hi everyone. Skylark invites us to play in a world of shadows …
Many thanks to IO for this morning’s challenge.