Never knowingly undersolved
I found it very hard to get started on this, and it didn’t get much easier as I progressed. Fortunately it all came out in the end. Thanks to Paul for the challenge. … Read more >>
A fairly easy puzzle from NEO to wrap up the work week.
Thank you to Brummie. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Drug dealer going after prison clerk (9) PENPUSHER : PUSHER(an illegal drug dealer) placed after(going after) PEN(short for “penitentiary”, an American … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle from Serpent today; perhaps not as hard as some of his, or perhaps it just worked for me.
My first Buccaneer puzzle.
Vismut has presented a jigsaw for us this week, with ‘A DONATION’…
Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 20, 2021
A very enjoyable puzzle today. The theme requires everyday knowledge rather than specialist academic knowledge, so don’t let that put you off. Thank you Gozo.
eXternal fills the mid-week slot this week – it’s been over two years since we last blogged one of his puzzles, so this is going to be interesting….
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28383.
Skinny is occupying this Tuesday slot this week. He is a compiler whose work I am not that familiar with. As Tuesday is theme day, I was on the look-out for one this … Read more >>
Observation by Chalicea Nine consecutive clues contain an extra word that is not required for the solution. Read in clue order, the initial letters of those words will identify the observation that … Read more >>
It’s Pasquale setting the challenge today – and, in parts, it was quite a challenge but, as always with this setter, meticulously clued and therefore ultimately solvable. There are quite a few … Read more >>
A well-made Tuesday puzzle.
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 >>