Never knowingly undersolved
Serpent’s Saturday slot slides around to suit and I have the pleasure of blogging today’s. As expected, this was a pleasant, reasonably tough, solve with some excellent clues. I read most of the … Read more >>
Although this is a very clever crossword, for us it was definitely of the “too difficult to be really enjoyable” type! Across 1. What’s deer caught? It’s a fish (11) STICKLEBACK A reverse … Read more >>
A single letter missing from downs spelling out an instruction to fill in the unclued entries – a person to be removed and then another one to be highlighted. Quite a few unusual … Read more >>
A clever and interesting challenge from WANDERER today – would have been very helpful for scrabble players if they had a certain sequence of 7 letters. 🙂 Thoroughly enjoyed it.
It’s Nutmeg who rounds off the week, with her customary elegance and wit. Thanks to her for an enjoyable puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Without prior help, unruly characters … Read more >>
It feels as if things are back to normal – we have a Phi for a PHIday solve.
I don’t know what has prevented today’s scheduled blogger from turning up but here is a quick, and somewhat belated, analysis of the clues. If anything needs further explanation just ask. I enjoyed … Read more >>
A very enjoyable puzzle with lots of smiles, especially at 17ac, 21ac, 23ac, 24ac, 5dn, 8dn, and 10dn. Thanks to Picaroon
Orense is up today in the FT.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of 27 July, 2019
I found this hard. Today I struggled to get onto the setter’s wavelength and found it tough-going all the way through. Thanks Gaff.
Eccles is becoming a regular Wednesday setter. The clue at 15 down would not have been out of place yesterday with its reference to staff and rod I don’t think … Read more >>
Quite a quick solve for me today (with a few quibbles)…
What an extraordinary grid: 38 answers, necessary perhaps to accommodate the theme. I thought this was quite hard, indeed was unable to finish because I wasn’t sure about 4dn (that’s my excuse anyway, although it isn’t a good one). 23ac simply defeated me. However, although hard, it was sound and there were some good clues.
Apologies again for slight lateness. The computer problems I referred to last time I blogged haven’t gone away, and some of this is being done by hand. Hope it’s going to work.
Definitions in maroon, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
We haven’t seen a Shark Inquisitor for over a year, so it’s good to have one to solve this week. The preamble told us that two unclued entries appear in … Read more >>