Never knowingly undersolved
It’s been some time since I blogged Arachne, whose puzzles I’ve always enjoyed. Thanks to Arachne. Definitions are underlined in the clues. There is a nina around the grid perimeter: TIMOTHY AND CODY … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here.
It’s a bit like buses. No blogging of Klingsor for a while, then I get both the January and February ones. That’s fine! There was only one word I didn’t … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27433.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 4, 2018
An interesting and enjoyable change from the usual Gozo fare. I started off slowly and then picked up steam towards the end. Sorry for the late blog but I’m on holiday this week and had a very late start. Thank you Gozo.
A nice crossword from Eimi, nothing too demanding but everything quietly satisfactory; except for the definition in 26dn, which I am a little unsure of. There seems to be a preponderance ot the words ‘ref’ or ‘referring to’ in the blog, for which I apologise.
Definitions underlined, in maroon. Anagram indicators in italics.
A fun puzzle from Brummie this morning. I wasn’t getting very far with this, having only 11ac in the across clues but the combination at 6,15, 7 and 13,24 opened things up nicely … Read more >>
Haven’t blogged a puzzle by Pointer before. Preamble: In the spirit of the theme, the seven shaded shapes should be carefully cut out from the filled grid, leaving holes, and assembled to … Read more >>
Massive apologies for the delay in getting this blog out.
I am again having to stand in at the last moment and so another post prepared in a hurry with the consequential possibility of errors (though I hope not). In the interest of … Read more >>
Quick to solve and slow to parse for me
A great work-out from Crosophile today. It was only when we wrote up the blog that we realised there is a theme here (although we do expect one in a … Read more >>
A challenging Monday morning offering from Jason.
I thought this was relatively easy by Nutmeg’s standards (for cryptics – she can of course do a well-judged Quiptic too), but a bit harder than usual for a Monday. Nice anagrams for … Read more >>