Never knowingly undersolved
A good medium-difficulty crossword from Alchemi today. There was a bit too much cross-referencing for my tastes (it always irritates me because one is slow to get started, several clues being effectively closed … Read more >>
Tough, fun, and neatly clued as ever from Vlad. Favourites 1ac, 9ac, 12ac, and 4dn.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 7, 2019
Ah, Chalicea – known for easier puzzles and lengthy quotations along the diagonals … Preamble: Extra letters produced by the wordplay of every clue give an instruction to solvers. The Oxford Dictionary of … Read more >>
A fairly gentle puzzle from Crucible today…
It’s Loglady today. It’s also Tuesday and Loglady has given us a themed puzzle based around TEXTILE (9ac). There were a few that needed some checking and we both hold opposite views on … Read more >>
Thanks to Slormgorm for an enjoyable crossword. There are many amusing and apt surfaces here. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Police unit to probe a principal drug user (4-4) ACID-HEAD … Read more >>
Tees and I often seem to meet in my Monday blogging slot. It’s always an enjoyable encounter, though sometimes trickier than one might expect for a Monday. As usual, Tees draws on a … Read more >>
Thanks Falcon for this morning’s challenge.
A quick blog for a quick puzzle.
Another delightful Quiptic from Pan, doing just what it says on the tin. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram … Read more >>
A fairly straightforward Everyman this week. As we’ve come to expect, there are lots of anagrams and anagram indicators, a few slightly contrived definitions, and punctuation that’s put there to hinder rather than … Read more >>
After a very quick start which saw me complete about a third of the puzzle almost immediately, I struggled to complete this Azed.
I haven’t had the pleasure of blogging a Hoskins puzzle for a while. Thank you Hoskins. One of the things I like about Hoskins puzzles is that he doesn’t seem to worry too … Read more >>
I think this is my first Dalibor blog – an enjoyable puzzle, with a few topical references and interesting surface reads… …and a pangram, to boot! Those ‘cogs’ round the outer wheel of … Read more >>