Never knowingly undersolved
Always a pleasure to solve and blog a Carpathian puzzle. A Quiptic that hits the mark for the target audience, with the bonus of being a pangram. There will be someone out there … Read more >>
A thoroughly enjoyable romp around the latest political shenanigans with Bluth. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but I loved it; and will warn you here that once Bluth had started to put the … Read more >>
Not too challenging but enjoyable.
This didn’t seem to me to be so good as some of the recent Everymans: it was sound enough but I think one or two of the surface readings are a bit tortuous, not reading very naturally; and what picture is painted by 12ac or 3dn for example?
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (anagram, homophone, hidden, juxtaposition etc.) in italics. Link-words in green. Anagrams indicated (like this)* or *(like this).
Absolutely no ambiguity about the preamble this month, but a tricky challenge nonetheless.
Straightforward, but not easy. One of those puzzles where everything seems obvious afterwards. Thank you Tees.
First time in a Saturday slot for Italicus who is more usually, though rarely, seen on a Monday. So I was expecting something a little less tricky than what I found. I can’t … Read more >>
This is my first ever blog of a Paul Grauniad Cryptic, although I did cover one of his Genius puzzles back in 2018…
My apologies for the late (and woefully inadequate) blog – nothing really to do with the fact that it’s an Enigmatist puzzle, when I was quite confidently expecting a Paul, since we haven’t … Read more >>
It’s Friday, so not surprisingly, the Independent puzzle is set by Phi I liked the surfaces of the clues for RADICALISM (11 across) because of its relevance to the entry, … Read more >>
A brisk BRADMAN challenge this Friday.
Thursday fun from Serpent.
Steerpike provides this morning's entertainment
A pleasant solve with some nice surfaces – my favourites were 1ac, 10ac, 3dn, 5dn, 6dn, and 20dn. Thanks to Anto for the puzzle.
When I discovered that it was a Harribobs EV on my turn to blog, my first instinct was to go and hide behind the sofa…