Never knowingly undersolved
Bluth has provided us with a real cruciverbal treat this Thursday. This was an unusual grid that accommodated a large number of clues with a wide variety of word lengths and as many … Read more >>
Paul sets the challenge this morning – and I found it quite a tough one. At one point, I found that I had the bottom half completed and practically nothing in the top … Read more >>
Bobcat has his claws out this morning.
Not too tricky, with neat cluing and surfaces. Favourites 25ac, 1dn, and 18dn. Thanks to Carpathian for the puzzle.
Phew – I’m pleased to say I made it all the way through.
Filbert occupies the Wednesday slot in the Independent cryptic series this week. Some setters rely heavily on dictionary definitions for answers or wordplay in their clues, but Filbert is not … Read more >>
This week, Kruger takes us on Journey From Lindisfarne We had a fairly long preamble for this puzzle which stated: "The answer to each clue must have a letter removed, … Read more >>
Tuesday fun from a recent addition to our collection of setters: this appears to be Mog’s third puzzle for the Independent.
I started slowly on this, but it all came together nicely in the end. Thanks to Philistine. Across 1 CHELSEA TRACTOR Empty large car? Earth cost appalling! (7,7)Anagram of L[arg]E CAR EARTH … Read more >>
Some clues in today’s puzzle from Peto called for some convoluted parsing . . .
ARTEXLEN starts the week…
Another Quiptic from Bartland, who’s become a regular in this slot over the past year or so.
A delightful puzzle from Wire to start the week. Soundly constructed clues and a variety of interesting references. Bravo. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram … Read more >>
A typical Monday puzzle from Vulcan.