Never knowingly undersolved
Knut has provided this Thursday’s cruciverbal challenge, compiled on a grid that accommodates four 15-letter entries and two 13-letter entries. I found this to be a medium-difficulty puzzle, my solving of which was … Read more >>
Buccaneer’s turn to try to lift our moods.
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 2, 2022
Picaroon and my blogging schedule have been coinciding a lot lately, but I have no complaints about that. This was another fine piece of work: rather more difficult to get started on than … Read more >>
Another enjoyable puzzle, with no special instructions this time. Thank you Gozo.
Eccles appears as a setter in the Independent every two weeks on a Wednesday Eccles has a reputation for excellent clues with smooth surfaces, as was the case today. I … Read more >>
Some wonderfully wicked parsing and definitions for a Tuesday.
The Inquisitor series moves into Ladies month with this puzzle from Chalicea. We had a very short preamble this week telling us that a scientist whose name must be highlighted … Read more >>
Tuesday fun from Hoskins, enjoyable as usual.
Imogen provides a stiff Tuesday challenge.
A competition puzzle again this week Thank you Azed.
A good Quiptic with the occasional tricky moment.
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.