Never knowingly undersolved
It’s Brummie filling the midweek slot this morning. There are several less common words here but I found the solving quite straightforward, with a fair number of charades. I failed to spot a … Read more >>
We missed blogging Filbert last week as we swapped with Quirister.
Top class puzzle from Basilisk, as ever.
Grecian, a compiler whose work I am not that familiar with, has provided our Tuesday teaser this week. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle with some very original wordplay, which I … Read more >>
A fun challenge with a good mix of constructions – I particularly liked 5ac, 10ac, 13ac, 19ac, 4dn, and 5dn. Thanks to Anto
A few of today’s clues struck me as innovative, perhaps bordering on unconventional . . .
STEERPIKE kicks off the week…
I found this a bit harder than usual for a Vulcan, with the SE corner holding me up longest. Others may of course have had a different experience. Thanks to Vulcan for the … Read more >>
Thank you to Chandler. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Group to assess for a speaker a passage between seats (7) GANGWAY : GANG(a group of people) + homophone of(… for … Read more >>
It’s the Tees’n’Pierre show again, I’m afraid. He must be getting fed up with me as his blogger. Always a sound and entertaining puzzle from this setter, and lots to like in this … Read more >>
The puzzle is available here.
This week’s puzzle has quite a few clever surfaces, with some Chambers unicorns mixed in with some crossword chestnuts.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4015.
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