Never knowingly undersolved
It’s a Saturday and the puzzle is set by Phi ! Has there been a day shift in crossword land? Well we won’t get Groundhog day again or will we? No theme as … Read more >>
Posted on Behalf of John Henderson Looking Back (a Year) Congratulations, Ploy! Retrospective takes the award for Inquisitor of the Year. It’s not an inappropriate title: this puzzle was one of the two … Read more >>
A Saturday Prize Grauniad puzzle slot debut for Matilda?…
Puzzle from The Weekend FT of January 27, 2024
It’s a Friday and the puzzle isn’t set by Phi. There must be something about today that can be highlighted in a crossword… … and there is! February 2nd is … Read more >>
An easy challenge from GURNEY this Friday.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29295.
A welcome return by Jack, whose puzzles are appearing more frequently. Lots of neat and witty cluing, with some innovative anagram indicators and lovely surfaces, as usual. My ticks were for all the … Read more >>
Rodriguez appears in the Thursday slot, where he’s a fairly regular contributor.
Gozo provides the FT Thursday challenge.
“Across answers in six alternate rows are to be jumbled thematically before entry in the grid, and down answers in the fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth columns are to be jumbled non-thematically. Reading from top to bottom, left to right, the letters in the circled cells confirm the COPS theme.”
A fun puzzle to solve…
We have a Wire to solve and blog this week. Should be good ……….
A great start to the day from Monk.
Wiglaf has given us quite a workout this morning with his puzzle on an old but rarely used grid. I think that I have managed to solve and parse everything to my satisfaction, … Read more >>