Never knowingly undersolved
Having blogged Brockwell’s first weekday cryptic puzzle (and enjoyed his Grecian in the Indy just yesterday) I’ve been looking forward to my next one and so I was pleased to see his name … Read more >>
Today’s challenge is from one of our regular Wednesday setters.
A tricky puzzle from NEO this morning.
Thanks to Tramp for an excellent puzzle. Apologies for the late and brief blog – I had issues accessing the puzzle until now.
If you solved the Kite puzzle that was available on the Guardian site earlier, this was already blogged here: https://www.fifteensquared.net/2023/11/09/guardian-cryptic-29223-kite.
Karla’s previous two puzzles each had a cinematic theme – we’d been promised that this next one wouldn’t have. Preamble: In eleven “day-time” clues, part of the wordplay has received a treatment … Read more >>
Tuesday has come around again very quickly – we have a Grecian to solve and blog today.
Thank you to Gozo. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Participating in more than a wild goose chase (2,6) ON SAFARI : Cryptic defn: When you would be chasing more and … Read more >>
The grid in the online version is incorrect. The right one is this (sorry, I couldn’t adjust the dimensions): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 … Read more >>
Anto in the Quiptic slot this week, with a puzzle that will most likely, as usual, divide opinion. We’ll see. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram … Read more >>
Salty returns for a second outing in the Indy
Thanks to Brummie for our entertainment on a wet Monday morning. I was lucky to guess the theme early on from JOHN and FRIAR, which helped quite a lot with the rest: we … Read more >>
GURNEY kicks off the week….
Sunday already? Where does the time go?
The usual (nowadays) sound and satisfactory crossword from Everyman. Because of the time of year, there is a bit of a fireworks theme and 4dn and 9dn don’t rhyme, as in the past, but are related in their subject matter.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (anagram, homophone, hidden, reversal etc.) in italics. Anagram indicators indicated *(like this) or (like this)*. Link-words in green.
Some very easy clues in this month’s prize competition, but I have a problem in parsing a couple of others.