Never knowingly undersolved
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 >>
A fun puzzle from CHALMIE this Thursday, with a higher-than-average number of anagrams sprinkled around the grid. A few clues that raised a grin in their construction. Thanks CHALMIE!
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 31, 2019
Gila has provided today’s crossword in what is fast becoming his regular Wednesday slot. I enjoyed this puzzle very much, finding it at the right level for a mid-week solve. As I blogged … Read more >>
I had forgotten it was my turn to blog this morning, good job this wasn’t a tricky one. Thanks Julius.
Apart from a few easy clues that got me started, I didn’t seem to be on Imogen’s wavelength at all this morning, and found this quite a struggle. One partially defective clue, I … Read more >>
Typically accurate stuff from today’s setter. Fun, too.
Ah! Harribobs again. Always tricky, but fair. The preamble, if long, seemed pretty straightforward. 15 clues where the wordplay gave an extra letter, these extra letters to spell out some assistance to solvers. … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle from Knut, with a mini-theme; a few slightly obscure references but they’re all clearly clued.
Pasquale provides a head-scratcher for us this morning.
The Quiptic is 20 years old in November and Hectence was one of the first setters back in the early days. She should be good, shouldn’t she? Let me tell you something: she … Read more >>
Nice to see Armonie this morning with a well constructed puzzle with some great surfaces.
Italicus made his Indy debut a year ago and featured around once a month till the spring. This is the first sight of him since then, but he’s very welcome, because this was … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27921.
The Observer crossword from Sep 1, 2019.
I never thought it would happen but I actually quite like the Everyman crosswords nowadays.