Never knowingly undersolved
A few technical problems today! An enjoyable solve. 10a was new to me. 15d and 3d were favourites. Thanks VELIA! ACROSS 1 A little pressure from speaker; a bill immediately rejected … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28130. There are some good clues here, but some inadequate, which gives me the feeling that I am not missing too much even in the clues that … Read more >>
A reasonably straightforward puzzle, though with a few rather tricky constructions that took some working out. There’s only one really obscure word, at 14a, where the wordplay is clear enough to allow the … Read more >>
My fellow blogger Quirister described last week’s Everyman as ‘quirky’. I think that’s not far off the mark for this one too. Whether you are a fan of such quirkiness is, I suppose, … Read more >>
The last (plain) puzzle before the milestone, which should be published today if all goes well.
Thanks Tees for an enjoyable puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9 Subcontract abroad before spring (9) OUTSOURCE : OUT(abroad/out of the country) plus(before) SOURCE(a spring/a place, person, or thing from … Read more >>
Phi on a Saturday – unusual indeed. But we live in the most unusual of times and here’s hoping that the British ineptitude that occurred in the early weeks of World War II, … Read more >>
Hello everyone. I hope you are well and enjoying the bank holiday weekend. Well, I am finding that Vismut puzzles just get more and more fun. I don’t think this was too hard, … Read more >>
Unusually, Paul has given us a themed puzzle for this week’s Saturday crossword. (“Prize” in the title should be read metaphorically). I can’t remember the last time that Paul gave us a themed … Read more >>
Perhaps a tad surprisingly, Hob is occupying the Friday slot this week. Perhaps we have an anniversary puzzle in store … One or two of the clues suggest a Beatles theme, and indeed … Read more >>
A good challenging workout from REDSHANK today. Thanks REDSHANK.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28128. That slipped down a treat. What more is there to say? ACROSS 1 AFTERNOON TEA Meal for four? (9,3) Cryptic definition. 8 ORGANZA Widely differing characters … Read more >>
I’m always pleased to see Qaos’ name on a puzzle – but there’s always the niggling worry, when I’m blogging it, that I’ll miss the theme, since he always has one. [It has … Read more >>
Basilisk offered today’s lockdown challenge. I didn’t realise this was a repeat puzzle (Hovis has pointed out that it is a repeat from a few days ago!). Still that allowed me to go back and see what was written then.
We see Independent puzzles from Wire about once a month, so today’s the day for May. I suspect this puzzle won’t generate as many comments at yesterday’s offering by Bluth, … Read more >>