Never knowingly undersolved
Good morning solvers. Firstly, a big thank you to mc_rapper67 for passing on his Saturday Indy slot to me. It’s a very big pair of metaphorical shoes to fill.
Thanks to Bluth for this lovely puzzle. Typically for them there’s a few quite oblique cryptic references to navigate, and one that I still can’t convincingly parse. Overall though, there was enough to make it a challenge, but still pleasant enough for a bleary-eyed Saturday morning.
Definition (surface) words are underlined in the clues.
A characteristically clever puzzle from Picaroon.
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 4, 2023
Phi has provided the last in this week’s string of mid-week puzzles. I found this to be towards the harder end of the Indy spectrum, and although I think that I have successfully … Read more >>
Thank you to Brrendan. Definitions are underlined in the clues. The theme is cardinals and ordinals, found in clues and solutions. Across 8. Church dignitary that’s opposed to 15 (8) CARDINAL : Double … Read more >>
A nice gentle workout dished out by STEERPIKE this Friday.
Guy provides this morning's FT challenge.
Rodriguez provides the challenge today. Rodriguez is a setter I have found quite difficult in the past, but this puzzle seemed to sit towards the gentler end of the spectrum. … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28989.
As I may have mentioned before, my natural instinct on seeing a ‘carte blanche’ used to be to avert my eyes and walk in the other direction to avoid it…but I have gradually persuaded myself that I must at least try them…and needs must when one falls on my blogging slot!
Brummie provides an interesting and enjoyable mid-week challenge. Is there or is there not a theme? – that is always the question with a Brummie puzzle. Here we have an ingenious one which … Read more >>
Filbert provides our challenge today.
Excellent puzzle from Basilisk as usual.
Thank you to Bobcat. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Military Intelligence backed sanctions ending early deadlock (7) IMPASSE : Reversal of(… backed) MI(abbrev. for “Military Intelligence”, as in “MI5”) + … Read more >>
A warm welcome to IN. Preamble: Every answer in each odd-numbered row must be partially jumbled (usually resulting in a non-word) to show a sequence of names. A three-word phrase must be … Read more >>