Never knowingly undersolved
I still think of Wire as one of the ‘new’ Indy setters, but in fact he made his debut nearly four years ago now. I really liked this offering from him – a … Read more >>
And so to my second favourite feature of Private Eye (I will declare the Eye’s cartoons are always the first thing I consume). Solving was yet another round of making life difficult for … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28728.
GAFF gives us an anniversary puzzle this morning…
Thank you to Tees. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Pound succeeded Dickensian character, female, past prime (9) SHEEPFOLD : S(abbrev. for “succeeded”) + HEEP(Uriah, character in Charles Dickens’ novel “David … Read more >>
Another pleasing and tractable puzzle from our Sunday setter. There were some nice touches in this one, I thought, as well as the trademark rhyming pair and ‘initial’ clue. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition … Read more >>
My first blog of puzzle from Bluth. Should be fun. A setter I have admired for other reasons for many years. Very admirable indeed. Some very ingenious devices in play, as has become … Read more >>
Given the theme, it’s perhaps ironic that at the time I came to solve this puzzle, I was suffering from Covid-induced tinnitus.
Phi has brought the latest suite of mid-week puzzles to an end in customary fashion. I found this grid to be an interesting one, with lots of 4-letter entries and scope for a … Read more >>
Friday fun from BRADMAN!
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28726.
I have enjoyed Dave Gorman’s puzzles since his first offerings as Bluth in the Indy and have been looking forward to blogging a Fed ever since he came over to the Guardian nine … Read more >>
In the fifteensquared archive I can only find two previous puzzles set by Quince, so he/she is still a fairly new setter. The two previous puzzles attracted quite a lot … Read more >>
My first Guy puzzle.
Hi everybody. Thanks to Vagans for a puzzle which was enjoyable to solve and gave something to discover at the end – plus a nice cryptic feature in the grid to highlight. … Read more >>