Never knowingly undersolved
Rodriguez is becoming a fairly regular setter in the Independent weekday series. The puzzles are carefully constructed with clues that make you think quite hard The clues have well disguised … Read more >>
I think this is Check’s third EV (plus a couple of Inquisitors, that I can see on this site), but only the second I’ve managed to complete, and the first I have had the pleasure to blog…
A tricky solve with some tough parsing – my favourites were 5ac, 22ac, 25ac, 5dn, 7dn, and 23dn. Thanks Paul for the puzzle
Eccles makes his familiar appearance on a Wednesday.
Good to see Monk back in the Wednesday morning slot.
Skylark – third up in “Ladies’ Month”. Preamble: A misprint in each of fifteen across clues should be corrected before solving; corrections spell a work made famous by a thematic individual. Each … Read more >>
Thank you to Zamorca. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Risk all and leave because of having no money (2,3,5) GO FOR BROKE : GO(leave/clear off) + FOR(because of/as a result … Read more >>
We usually tend to see Picaroon later in the week, but he’s welcome any time as far as I’m concerned. Thanks to Picaroon for another great puzzle. Across 1 CALVE Shortening parts … Read more >>
Hoskins pops up on a Tuesday this week…..
Sorry for the late notice – I only just found out myself. FYI Times do is Tuesday May 30th – 12 for 1230 for the lunch (for the compilers), but there’s usually a … Read more >>
An anniversary puzzle from GAFF for this bank holiday Monday…
Another Bank Holiday and we have Gila making an occasional visit to our side. Seems like only yesterday I was blogging. Oh it was.
Top puzzle, that. Clearly clued and with concise and meaningful surface readings. Brava, Matilda. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) … Read more >>
Anto is your setter this bright Monday morning.
I always seem to be saying this, but Everyman’s crosswords get better and better. Apart from my doubts over the STRADIVARI clue, which I may well be wrong on, he has produced a set of sound clues with good surfaces and also managed to include all the trademarks seamlessly: the rhyming pairs, the self-referential clue and the first letters clue.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (homophone, reversal, missing letters, etc.) in italics. Link-words in green. Anagrams indicated (like this)* or *(like this).