Never knowingly undersolved
Bonjour. Eileen is the person responsible for encouraging me back into cryptic crosswords more than a decade ago (through Fifteensquared, natch) so I am pleased and humbled to stand in for her as … Read more >>
This was about medium difficulty for an Eye puzzle. I had about half done by the end of the first pass at about the 25 min mark, but had queered the top right … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here. Hi all. Unless I somehow catnapped through an entire puzzle, this is Skinny’s second appearance in the Indy. Far from being the “difficult second puzzle” I … Read more >>
A harder-than-average Azed, I thought, with a fairly high proportion of unfamiliar words. All impeccably clued as usual, though I’m a little unsure about my parsing of 28. Thanks to Azed … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3804.
A relatively easy puzzle for a Saturday. None the worse for that of course, with plenty to enjoy throughout the solid clues. There is a “Last Night of the Proms” theme with “Rule … Read more >>
It’s always a delight to find Picaroon’s name on a puzzle and even more so when it’s a Prize and I’m down to blog it. I thought this was a practically perfect puzzle, … Read more >>
“The perimeter comprises FIVE OF A KIND, and the answer to one clue might be found in any of them. Solvers must highlight this entry in an appropriate colour. Unchecked letters in the perimeter could spell MAN GUZZLES BAR CLEAN FOR MONTH. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
Update 24/10/19 – Details of the Friday night Ale Trail can be found here.
These clues that refer to other ones are a bit annoying at first, because it means that certain clues are initially insoluble, but here it was so slight and so well done that it didn’t really matter. I found this to be a typically pleasant example of Phi’s oeuvre, back on Friday as has been customary after some wandering that I could never really explain.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
The holiday season for regular bloggers gives me a chance to blog a Guardian puzzle for the first time in seven years Paul is a prolific setter whose work features in … Read more >>
It’s me again! 🙂 I found the challenge from BRADMAN today to be a thorough workout. One of those that I had to incessantly chip away at. Thanks Bradman!
Fun and funny – lots of favourites including 9ac, 14ac, 1dn, 5dn, 15dn, 18dn, and 22dn. Thanks to Philistine
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Hello! Today’s puzzle is brought to you by the setter Hob and the blogger Kitty. Whatever the season, sunny days are here in crosswordland. After a bright start I slowed considerably and was … Read more >>