Never knowingly undersolved
Thank you to Beale. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Lean the wrong way, drop a catch (7) PITFALL : Reversal of(… the wrong way) TIP(to lean/to put into a sloping … Read more >>
This isn’t really an “easy Monday puzzle” – Tees (as usual) makes us work just a bit harder, but he’s always good value. I enjoyed it.
A nice Monday puzzle with a few clues that were a little tougher to parse. I liked 10ac, 13ac, 25ac, 14dn, and 20dn. Thanks to Pan
March begins with a PHSSTHPOK…
A tougher than usual puzzle from Cyclops this fortnight, at least for your correspondent…
The puzzle is available here. Hello again. Today it’s Nitsy’s turn to entertain us, and entertained I was. Some surfaces to elicit reactions: an “ew” or two and an “ow” – no … Read more >>
A new setter, or at least a new pseudonym, for the Genius slot: perhaps a John le Carré fan? The rather strangely-worded instructions tell us that “Fourteen clues contain no definition of their … Read more >>
An “angular” Azed this week, for reasons explained below.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3880.
The puzzle is available here. Hello everyone. Thanks to Klingsor for another classy puzzle. I thought 27a (AMUSINGLY) was very clever and also enjoyed 8d (RUDDERLESS) and 9d (LEGALESE). Given the overall … Read more >>
It’s good to see Qaos slipping into the Saturday slot, with what was, for me, a really entertaining and enjoyable solve, as I would expect from him. At least with Qaos we don’t … Read more >>
An excellent offering from WANDERER today to brighten up my Friday.
Phi-day again, and a fun challenge as usual.
Very enjoyable and mostly quite tough, with the long outer solutions helping a lot. 8/17 was particularly excellent, and I had many other favourites including 11ac, 19ac, 24ac, 28/29, 1/21, 4dn, and 5dn. Thanks to Picaroon
A themed offering from Basilisk that took me a while to untangle.