Never knowingly undersolved
Not so much ‘CIAO’ as nearly ‘Goodnight from me…’, Two Ronnies-style… …,after my recent DNF with EV1374 from Ranunculus, and several failures-to-finish recent IQs and Listeners…maybe my superpowers are on the wane… The … Read more >>
I found this downright hard. I enjoyed the challenge but for a while I thought I wasn’t going to be able to finish. Thanks Paul.
A solid challenge from ALBERICH today. I was coming along fine until the last 5 clues which took me thrice as long as the rest of the puzzle. Mainly got stuck in the SE corner.
It’s been a bit of a blast from the past this week, with Brendan, Orlando and Arachne taking the midweek spots. We end the week with Paul; still a regular, of course, but … Read more >>
Phi well up to his usual standard today; nothing obvious, but everything clear enough after a bit of thought. A few unfamiliar words, but the wordplay makes it straightforward enough to derive them. … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle with clues with nice surfaces. One can’t go wrong with Arachne, to whom thanks. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 7 In arrears, welcoming one pound to cash in … Read more >>
Hob has given us a very nice workout. It was not always easy to see the answers, but once you did everything was clear. And that’s just how it should be. I have a slight criticism of 18ac and 15dn, but it is slight and the more I think about it the more I feel that it is not really justified.
There’s a lot to like in this Orense puzzle…
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 23, 2019
I enjoyed this, a fun puzzle. Thank you Chalmie.
It’s been a while since we last blogged an Alchemi puzzle, and on our first run-through we were a little disappointed by this one, but……
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27785.
A Growing Population by Phi A number of clues contain a one letter misprint in the definition part; in order the correct letters spell out a quotation from the central unclued down … Read more >>
“MEA CULPA: the results of my sins are suggested by modifications which must be made to three answers on entry into the grid; the lengths given are those of grid entries. Three other clues lack a shared definition; their solutions suggest my victims. My first name can be seen above; you must locate and highlight my nine-letter second name in the grid. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended.”
Monk has provided a puzzle to get our teeth into this Tuesday morning. As is customary, Monk gave me a real workout, and I really had to solve this puzzle in two sittings, … Read more >>