Never knowingly undersolved
Belated thanks to Eileen for coming off the bench to do my last Quiptic blog. Pleased to see a Hectence puzzle on my watch this morning – always a pleasure to solve and … Read more >>
A dependably 5d puzzle from Velia this morning.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28399.
The Observer crossword from Mar 14, 2021
Another pleasant Everyman puzzle written in his by now well-known distinctive style.
Another pleasing puzzle from Tees to fill the IoS slot. As always, I learnt something from solving one of his puzzles. In my case this morning the subject areas were stones, fruits and … Read more >>
A plain puzzle from Azed
As spring approaches, a puzzle from Knut accompanies the daffodils, snowdrops and vaccination shots. General knowledge required, but nothing I needed to look up. References to Pia Zadora and the Nolans make me … Read more >>
Phew, we found this a tough puzzle to complete! It took several days of coming back to it for us. Very nice cluing as ever, and good “a-ha!” moments when we finally understood … Read more >>
A typical ALBERICH offering. Very clean cluing to put it succinctly.
It’s Phi-day again. Where does the week go? We are not really doing anything but the days and weeks seem to go past so quickly.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28397.
A Thursday treat for me – it’s Crucible setting the challenge this morning, with an interesting puzzle with lots of cleverly constructed clues and witty surfaces, as usual. I think 1ac introduces a … Read more >>
The Thursday crossword this week has been compiled for us by Serpent. I found this to be a thoroughly entertaining crossword, which revealed itself very gradually and offered lots of enjoyment along the … Read more >>
A clever puzzle from Moo.
11 clues hinting at two overlapping words. The rest are straight forward cryptic ones. A fun puzzle at the easier end of the spectrum. I did really enjoy it and it was nice … Read more >>