Never knowingly undersolved
Since Paul occupied the Saturday slot last week, I wasn’t surprised to see his name on today’s puzzle. From time to time, Paul produces a puzzle that reminds me of why he was … Read more >>
Phi brings yet another suite of mid-week puzzles to an end. I found this to be towards the more challenging end of the Phi spectrum of difficulty. In the end, I needed to … Read more >>
A typical BRADMANesque Friday morning.
Neo is today's compiler.
Serpent on Thursday – an interesting puzzle from which I learnt something I never knew before. Serpent takes us back millions of years with the entry at 8 down – … Read more >>
Some lovely surfaces – lots of favourites, including 1ac, 11ac, 12ac, 15ac, 21ac, 26ac, 4dn, 5dn, and 16dn. Thanks to Picaroon for the puzzle
Hi all. This is the second Kruger EV I have encountered and I would be happy to come back for more. The preamble reads: Nine clues each contain a misprint in their … Read more >>
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 22, 2021
A tough puzzle form Io but well worth the effort is you have the time. Many inventive ways to clue words here that you don’t find in a typical FT puzzle. Thank you Io.
One of our most prolific setters, in the Wednesday slot this week. Mostly straightforward clue constructions but a few slightly obscure references.
For no particularly good reason I made a slow start on this one, but I found myself working from the bottom up, and then everything went (more or less) smoothly. Thanks to Imogen. … Read more >>
PINK is back for this centenary puzzle. Preamble: Answers to several clues lose a thematic word or abbreviation to yield the relevant entries, which are also words. Lengths indicate the number of … Read more >>
We still think of Kairos as an IoS setter, even though this is his 7th puzzle in the Indy and the third that we have had the pleasure of blogging.
Thank you to Chalmie. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Paper vents about 29 23 (10) VERSTAPPEN : Anagram of(… about) PAPER VENTS. Defn: Formula One racing car driver/answer to 29 … Read more >>
Two puzzles for the price of one?