Never knowingly undersolved
Always a smile from me when Kairos crops up on my IoS watch. One or two bits of post-solve investigative work required, which led me down some interesting paths. Abbreviations … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here. Happy Saturday, everyone. We have a Nimrod puzzle today, and you know what that means — and if you didn’t, you do now! Many thanks, Nimrod! As I … Read more >>
I haven’t solved a Puck puzzle in a while, so this was a pleasant reminder of why I like this setter: Puck’s crosswords are always witty and fun to solve. There’s a couple … Read more >>
Two clues comprising two definitions each, but otherwise ordinary. Apart from 2 unclued entries – the across one of which has something to do with the double definition clues. No indication as to … Read more >>
Unusual to see NEO featured on a Friday but definitely welcome nevertheless. On the easier side of his offerings, with only a couple of parsings holding me up from a quick finish. Thanks, NEO!
A pretty quick solve, especially with the longer answers going in early. Parsing was a bit more tricky, and I’m still stuck on 16dn. Favourites were 9ac, 20/13, 26/27, and 17dn. Thanks to Philistine.
Thanks to Eimi for confirming on Monday that today’s puzzle is a Phi – at least some things remain constant while the technology moves on!
We like the new format of the interactive puzzles in the online Indy, but we have complained (along with Eimi and several others) that they do not now include the setter’s name – pretty crucial to cryptic addicts like us! We are told that this issue is being addressed but maybe, the more folk who comment on it, the more likely it is that it will be dealt with quickly.
Serpent has provided his latest puzzle for our stimulation this Thursday, on a grid that contains a higher-than-average number of lights. I found that I made steady progress through this puzzle, although at … Read more >>
Today’s FT puzzle was set by Peto.
I got off to a very slow start with this, and didn’t get much quicker as I went on. The grid didn’t help, with poor connectivity between the top and bottom halves. In … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 9, 2019
As always a themed puzzle from Gozo. I didn’t know them all but each themed answer is gettable from the wordplay alone. Thank you Gozo.
Nutmeg provides this morning’s Guardian challenge.
An Eccles puzzle for our entertainment today. I enjoyed this puzzle which contained some very good clue surfaces. The one that defeated me longest was my last one in, 4 … Read more >>
Hedge-sparrow makes a debut in the Inquisitor series with this puzzle. I have solved a few Hedge-sparrow puzzles before in the Listener series. The preamble read: "In the completed grid, … Read more >>