Never knowingly undersolved
Silvanus has compiled today’s puzzle for our mid-week entertainment. He is a compiler whose crosswords I have only a modest amount of experience of solving and blogging. I thought that this was pitched … Read more >>
Dysart has been setting occasional Inquisitors from the early days, starting with no 18, though rarely more than one a year. I blogged his last Inquisitor (1514) in October 2017. Each unclued entry … Read more >>
Lots of enjoyable clues, and mostly not too tricky other than a few unfamiliar solution words that needed checking. Favourites were 5ac, 14ac, 17ac, and 15dn. Thanks to Brummie.
Elegantly crafted surfaces and a few sneaky head-scratchers in this morning’s task.
Windsurfer is a new name in the Independent stable although he has featured on fifteensquared before as the setter of puzzles for sloggers and betters get-togethers. I enjoyed solving this … Read more >>
A lively and entertaining solve from Matilda this morning, with some inventive clueing to stretch those that fall into the ‘beginner’ rather than the ‘those in a hurry’ category. I have tried to … Read more >>
This was an enjoyable puzzle of moderate difficulty with some cunning devices.
A typical Vulcan puzzle, with a lot of easy clues and some less-than-inspiring cryptic puzzles. As you might guess from that faint praise, it’s not greatly to my taste, but those who like … Read more >>
Monday morning kicks off with a gentle FALCON…
The Observer crossword from January 20, 2019
A truly sad day for crossword lovers. Rumour has it that this was Colin Gumbrell’s final contribution to the Observer series.
Jennifer on the oche this Sunday morning with a tractable little number to go with my coffee. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* … Read more >>
A plain Azed this week Azed shows how possible it is to clue any word in the dictionary. I hadn’t come across any of the words in the perimeter of … Read more >>
Another topical crossword from Knut today.
Complex preamble this week: Good news half of the clues and answers are normal. Bad news of the 20 remaining 8 transfer letters to or from the clue – which spell out a … Read more >>
A fun but fairly easy prize puzzle from Crucible, with a theme of paintings The painting-related answers are: GLAIR NATIONAL GALLERY TEMPERA MATISSE NIOBE (perhaps – there are lots of paintings of Niobe) … Read more >>