Never knowingly undersolved
A very satisfying puzzle, I thought. We got most of it on an initial pass, but it took a few other looks through the week to fill in the south-west corner. Lots of … Read more >>
I found this real tough going and needed some help getting through to the full solve. Thanks Bradman, for an intense workout.
Many thanks to Sil for standing in for us while were off on our travels. We’ve missed several Indy puzzles while we were away and are gradually catching up – fortunately we’ve had a full week to get back into the routine, and lo and behold it’s a Phiday!
A slow and steady solve for me, with plenty of smiles – favourites 9ac, 17/16/17, 11dn, and 19dn. Thanks to Paul.
Took me a while to complete this puzzle this morning.
Good fun as always from Qaos, with a couple of his trademark mathematical clues… … and as (almost) always, a ghost theme, this time of newspapers: we have the DAILY TELEGRAPH, EXPRESS, STAR … Read more >>
Today’s slot is occupied by Hoskins, whose work I am becoming increasingly familiar with. Of the crosswords set by Hoskins that I have solved to date, I would place this in the middle … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 22, 2018
Easy in some parts, tricky in others. A very pleasant start the day, thank you Gozo.
The puzzle can be solved online here.
I said last month that I hadn’t blogged a Silvanus very often, so it’s a bit like buses coming in twos or threes that I get another one fairly soon. … Read more >>
Vismut is a new setter, so it was interesting to see how the puzzle developed The preamble told us that "Members of a group, written clockwise in the perimeter, are … Read more >>
Apologies for the slight lateness of this blog. Mild computer problems.
I’d always thought that Tuesdays and Thursdays were the difficult days. Not that this was all that easy, but it was on the easy side of average. On the whole very pleasant, although there are one or two I’m not quite sure about.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
A pleasant, coffee-time solve.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27629.