Never knowingly undersolved
Pangakupu, alias Phi of the Independent, is a fairly recent addition to the Guardian stable: this is his third Genius puzzle. It was apparent that the letter counts in some clues didn’t match … Read more >>
The puzzle is available here.
Weekend puzzle from the FT of February 25, 2023
Well, I’ll be doggone! Not sure if last Saturday was ‘International Dog Appreciation Day’ or something, but Brendan has woven an impressive number of doggie references into the clues for this puzzle…
A fun challenge from ROSA this Friday.
A slow and steady solve for me – favourites 9ac, 19ac, 4dn, 6dn, and 25dn. Thanks to Vlad
It wouldn’t be a proper Friday without an Independent cryptic crossword from Phi I wondered why Olympic was included in the clue for ARCHER at 9. It seems that Olympic … Read more >>
“The wordplay in some clues leads to the answer plus an extra letter, not to be entered in the grid. These letters in clue order spell TWO WORDS indicating pairs of words overlapping by two or more letters which form the unclued entries. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
A relatively new setter today: this is Lark’s third puzzle for the Independent as far as I can see.
Today's crossword comes from the unpronounceable Phssthpok.
A bit of a surprise to see Pasquale again just over two weeks after I blogged his previous puzzle, but still very welcome. As usual with this this setter, there are a couple … Read more >>
We are in Japan at the moment but have heard from Eileen that there are rail strikes planned for April 1st. Under the circumstances we feel that it would be better to postpone … Read more >>
MONK is today’s setter.
Hippogryph makes one of his occasional appearances today.
Brummie is today's compiler in the Guardian.