Never knowingly undersolved
I fully expected something on the “Fall of the Berlin Wall” today, given that the puzzle was published on the 30th anniversary. Preamble: Every down clue contains a consecutive pair of letters … Read more >>
It’s Joyce this week – solving and blogging the puzzle on her own while Bert is trekking in Nepal. It’s been a very strange experience as we always solve and blog puzzles together. … Read more >>
HAY, what do I know? The commenters on the Guardian website seemed to like this puzzle, but I found it a bit of a slog. Perhaps it was too early in the morning … Read more >>
Thanks Falcon for an enjoyable puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. It’s another pangram. Across 1 Pack case for accordion (7-3) SQUEEZE BOX : PACK(to cram/squeeze into) + BOX(a case for items … Read more >>
Always a spring in my step on Monday blogging mornings when I see that it’s Hectence bringing us the Quiptic. Another tractable and enjoyable puzzle with a good range of devices that I’ll … Read more >>
Enjoyable and for the most part undemanding Monday crossword.
Cracking crossword from Zamorca.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27981. Pan asks from us rather more in parsing, vocabulary and general knowledge than we are used to of a Monday, but the result is none the … Read more >>
Everyman as we’ve come to expect: occasionally a bit untidy but generally fun. As we’ve often seen recently, there are some rather loose definitions and slightly vague indicators in wordplay. However, there are … Read more >>
Azed provides us with our weekly crossword challenge and opportunity to increase our vocabulary. It was a plain Azed this week with a good mix of well known and obscure … Read more >>
Carefully constructed clues with no loose ends. Thank you Kairos. ACROSS 6 BEEFALO Look after worker with short fat animal (7) LO (look) follows (after) BEE (worker bee) with FAt (short) 7 … Read more >>
As the nights draw in and dawn comes after getting-up time, I have for my second blog in a row a puzzle by Hob Particularly liked 19ac, but the bands may not be … Read more >>
An educational (for me) solve from the Ace of Hearts this week…will OLIVER leave us asking for more?!… The preamble states that: “In OLIVER, four clues are normal and their answers are associated … Read more >>
I found this entertaining but tricky, a pleasure rather than a slog. The solutions are not hard to understand, just difficult to spot. Exactly how it should be I think. Thank you Paul. … Read more >>
Phi gives us a good Friday puzzle that seems to me to be neither too easy or too difficult There was one new word for me today. I haven’t come … Read more >>