Never knowingly undersolved
Knut has provided us with a very topical crossword for our entertainment this Tuesday. This puzzle must have been set fairly recently, since there are numerous references to the (now ex-) UK home … Read more >>
This puzzle is Methuselah’s first appearance in the Inquisitor series, but I have blogged a few puzzles by this setter in the daily Independent series. The puzzle in entitled Shipshape … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29245.
Another solid puzzle from Bradman
GAFF kicks off the week…
Eileen is away doing Christmas Tree stuff again today, so I'm standing in
Bluth gets us going, hope it’s going to be easy as I’ve got the Guardian to do as well today.
Thank you to Bartland. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Little Mama gets the smallest portion (7) MINIMUM : MINI(describing a miniature/a little version of something) + MUM(like “mama”, a familiar … Read more >>
This was a fun solve, with Pangakupu’s obligatory New Zealand contribution appearing in the final version – so obscure that it had to be googled to be believed.
The puzzle is available here.
A 13 by 11 grid this week.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4023.
Serpent making his regular ~6 weekly appearance in the Saturday slot. And that’s all right by me. A crossword up to the usual excellent standard and tricky while not being excessively difficult. I … Read more >>
I was going to write, ‘It’s not often that we see Imogen in the Prize slot’ and then I found I’d written this twice already: in fact, there have been only three Imogen … Read more >>
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 25, 2023