Never knowingly undersolved
A puzzle from Ifor with clashes between the wordplay and the defined grid entry. The difference between the clashing letters leading to the population of the bottom row. Some tricky definitions in the … Read more >>
Julius is today's FT compiler.
Serpent is putting us through our cruciverbal paces this Thursday. I found this to be towards the difficult end of the Indy spectrum, not least in that there was quite a lot of … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28779.
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 28, 2022
A typically elegant and witty puzzle from Nutmeg this morning, with some straightforward, but clever, charades to help the solve along and some chewier clues to keep the interest. I particularly liked the … Read more >>
A very enjoyable puzzle from Aardvark today. Thank you Aardvark.
Eccles is a regular setter on alternate Wednesdays and I always enjoy his clues. I made fairly steady progress through the puzzle. My favourite clue today was the splendid anagram … Read more >>
Entertaining stuff and not overly vicious from the Bobcat today.
The setters this week are eXternal and Serpent in their dual manifestation as eXtent. The preamble told us that thirty consecutive clues contain an extra letter that must be removed … Read more >>
A fine puzzle…
Our daily mental workout (in a good way) comes from Knut today.
A 13 by 11 plain puzzle this week.
Pasquale can do tricky puzzles, but here he is in Quiptic mode.
BASILISK provides this Monday morning challenge…