Never knowingly undersolved
Happy Boxing Day all: I hope you had a good Christmas. Paul starts the Guardian week with a puzzle containing a number of linked answers, as is quite common for him these days. … Read more >>
Boxing Day’s puzzle has been set by Grecian. We have a strong Christmas theme today with the title and characters from one of Charles Dickens’ most popular book. The characters … Read more >>
Season’s Greetings to the 225 community. It is still Christmas Day here, so I am rushing out this blog in between Christmas dinner and family visits.
Merry Christmas to our solvers or depending on the time of day, well past merry by now. It may be Christmas day but we do have a new crossword on line.
I was expecting a Quiptic to blog this Christmas Morn, but the site is still showing last week’s, so perhaps there isn’t one, or – being the Grauniad – they have just forgotten. … Read more >>
SLORMGORM gives us something to do on Christmas Day…
Standing in for David as he is unable to get to a device at the moment. A solid fun challenge from NEO to usher in Christmas.
Another thoughtfully constructed puzzle from Filbert. Which is what you always get from this setter. Is there a theme? It being the night before Christmas, I suppose you could count TRUE LOVE, MATTHEW … Read more >>
Another four weeks and and it’s time for the Everyman
Another plain puzzle this week.
“‘Twas the night before Xmas (almost: go with it), when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring…”
…except perhaps the moans of pain from Leedsclimber trying to solve this absolute beast of a crossword from Tyrus.
This is my inaugural blog in the Guardian Prize slot, so I hope that my parsing does this very fine puzzle justice.
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 16, 2023
Thank you to Brendan. Definitions are underlined in the clues. There are numerous references to things Roman, Latin, and American, though I can’t come up with a connection for all three. Across 8. … Read more >>
It’s Phiday again!