Never knowingly undersolved
This all went in pretty quickly, apart from the NW corner, which took me longer than the rest put together. It’s always worth looking for a theme in this setter’s puzzles, and here … Read more >>
The Gas Man Cometh by Ifor The Gas Man: “Just checked – I’ll be there at 1, but must leave at some point. I know your number.” The Author: “I’ve got you … Read more >>
Punk has provided this Tuesday’s cruciverbal challenge. I realised this morning that it has been a long time since it last fell to me to blog a crossword by Punk, so this honour … Read more >>
Enjoyable puzzle with some very pleasing surfaces.
One for those of us who like a bit of general knowledge in our puzzles.
Thanks to Pan for this enjoyable Quiptic. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Clues and solutions for 16 across and 6 down have been changed. Across 1 Short and extremely sexy movement made … Read more >>
An absorbing puzzle from Eccles which had an interesting mix of conventional and pop culture clues.
Thanks to CRUX for a very enjoyable start to the week!
Headmistress has written quite a lot – 585 pages I hear. So I suppose we should be thankful this annual giant puzzle is still only 27×27 instead of something much larger. The puzzle … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27711.
The puzzle can be found here. Hi everyone. I hope your year has got off to a good start. Peter seems to be in a party mood this January, bringing us sexy fun, a large bottle of … Read more >>
“The unclued entries (6,4 and 5,5,6) were responsible for the thematic event which took place on CHRISTMAS EVE. Across and down clues clash in seven cells. In each across clue there is an extra word which must be removed before solving. The middle letters of these words, read in clue order, give a phrase that cryptically tells solvers which of the clashing letters must be chosen; not all resulting entries are real words. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended; one answer is a variant spelling that can be found in the Oxford Dictionary of English.”
It’s traditional for the last Azed of the year to be on the easy side, after the rigours of the Christmas special; so it was with this one, though it was by no … Read more >>
The Instructions: Five solutions, not further defined, each suggest a literal substitution. All the clues are normal, but other solutions must have one of these five substitutions applied to them before entry in … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3768.