Never knowingly undersolved
Eccles appears every second Wednesday in the Independent It’s always enjoyable to blog one of his crosswords. This puzzle had Eccles’ usual smooth clues with surfaces that conjure up pictures … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28443.
Ifor has been setting Inquisitor crosswords since 2011 and his puzzle themes vary widely, I have blogged quite a few of Ifor’s puzzles in the first half of the 2010s, but this is … Read more >>
An entertaining puzzle from Brummie today, with some clever and witty clues. I thought the surfaces were generally smoother and more meaningful than is sometimes the case with this setter. More often than … Read more >>
Slightly tricky from Phi today. He’s usually here on Fridays, so there must be something going on . . .
A playful and and sometimes testing Tuesday offering.
It’s Anto’s turn in the Quiptic slot this week.
It always takes me a long time to blog a Tees puzzle, not because it’s exceptionally difficult, but because there are always some interesting words or references in them, so I end up … Read more >>
Enjoyable and mostly quite straightforward, with a few more complicated parsings to work out at the end. Favourites were 17ac, 5dn, and 16dn. Thanks to Pan
Another solid puzzle in the Eye style. I solved this in the normal manner having forgotten it was my turn to blog and particularly enjoyed it. It doesn’t take very long to subsequently … Read more >>
A Monday morning offering from ZAMORCA….
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Having dropped into Sil’s blog a few weeks ago to say I agreed with him about Everyman becoming more consistent as a setter of our Sunday puzzle, I found myself getting slightly grumpy … Read more >>
Thank you to Poins. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Soldier and sailor returning after leave (6,3) DESERT RAT : Reversal of(… returning) TAR(informal term for a sailor) placed after(after) DESERT(to … Read more >>
I found this really good fun. Thank you Azed.