Never knowingly undersolved
It’s not often that we see Boatman on a Saturday but, as has been said several times recently, it’s the editor who decides which puzzles should go in the Prize slot. Having said … Read more >>
Weekend puzzle from the FT of September 30, 2023
A solid challenge from MUDD this Friday.
Firstly thanks to Quirister for the swap. We arrived home safely and will now be blogging two days in a row.
Well I’ll go to the foot of our stairs. The Grauniad has finally managed to publish this week’s Quiptic. A fine offering from Hectence, but we’ve waited long enough, so I’ll say no … Read more >>
My first pass through the across clues left a worryingly sparse grid, but things got easier after that. Thanks to Tramp for a fun puzzle. Across 1 BALANCES Steadies one in front … Read more >>
A perimeter to fill in from the top left. Two unclued entries to fill in and highlight the name of the speaker. Sounds straight forward-ish. Some difficult clues – mainly the uncommon words … Read more >>
Gozo is this morning's FT setter.
Thank you to Pangakupu. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Local installation always needing power during strike (4,4) BEER PUMP : [ E’ER(a poetic contraction of “ever”/always) plus(needing) P(symbol for “power” … Read more >>
Filbert provides our cruciverbal challenge today.
Eccles has filled the mid-week slot with his latest creation today. I found this to be a middle-difficulty puzzle, with a good measure of (toilet) humour and high entertainment value. I think that … Read more >>
A very enjoyable puzzle from Monk this morning.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29192.
How it started: How it’s going: The final grid pattern has 180-degree symmetry, but clue answers will leave three symmetrically placed blocks of cells on three rows empty. The blocks are the same … Read more >>
It’s so good to see Arachne’s name again – here’s hoping that we’ll be seeing much more of her now. There’s all the usual wit and elegance on show here, with some excellent … Read more >>