Never knowingly undersolved
Carpathian has a tersely clued Quiptic for us, so the blog is similarly terse. Good puzzle. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram … Read more >>
Vigo can always be relied upon to give us a well-constructed and enjoyable puzzle in the Monday slot, and this was exactly that. My only comment is that it … Read more >>
What is there left to say? Thank you Azed for yet another interesting puzzle. Apologies for the late arrival of the blog, I messed up with the scheduled publish time. ACROSS 1 OLD-FOGEYISH … Read more >>
Everyman’s on good form this week. A fun solve.
I don’t get to blog Tees puzzles very often. I remembered them as being quite tricky but this was quite amenable, as is traditional for a Sunday. Thank you Tees. ACROSS 1 … Read more >>
Dalibor first came to my attention from the crosswords produced for crossword meets over the last few years – many of them thankfully available from links from this site (hopefully some appearing in … Read more >>
A relatively small 10×10 (or, effectively, 11×11 minus 1) grid for ARRIVAL from Kcit…who is arriving where?… The preamble states that: “The puzzle marks an ARRIVAL. From one answer to a normal clue … Read more >>
A cracking puzzle, I enjoyed this a lot. Thank you Paul. ACROSS 1, 5, 10, 13 A RIDDLE WRAPPED UP IN AN ENIGMA An arc, as if tan — um? This is very … Read more >>
It doesn’t look like the scheduled blogger is going to turn up today so here is an analysis of the clues, with no further commentary from me other than to say that I … Read more >>
It’s always good to see Puck’s name on a puzzle but, having missed the Irish racecourses in his last one, I was perhaps a bit more nervous than usual in setting out on … Read more >>
Phi ends the working week with his regular Friday offering Phi often gives us a theme, but if there is one today, it has passed me by. The best I … Read more >>
A tricky, slow solve, with a lot of parsing done after the grid was filled – and some parsing only after the rest of the blog was finished. Favourites were 11ac for the surface, 23ac, 26/9, 5dn, and 18dn. Thanks to Paul for the challenge.
A straightforward puzzle from Neo this morning.
This really set me back and I spent ages on it, eventually giving up and using aids. But as always of course with Serpent it is pretty good. I have no excuses but … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 5, 2019