Never knowingly undersolved
Kairos on duty this week. A sound and tractable puzzle, with a generous grid and clear cluing. One I’m not sure of the parsing for, so if some kind soul could confirm I … Read more >>
One thing I like about Everyman puzzles is that there are never any cryptic definitions and very few double definitions. This week was no exception. All the usual comments regarding this series still … Read more >>
A normal plain puzzle from Azed this week, but one that I found quite difficult I think I have got the parsing right for all the clues, but I am … Read more >>
A highly entertaining, tough challenge from Punk today. It took us a while to get into the puzzle and there were a number that we guessed from the crossing letters before we … Read more >>
8 unclued answers – * clues with additional words which are anagrams (plus a letter) of associations to the unclued answers. Quite quirky and a new setter for me Clarence. A good mix … Read more >>
A fun prize puzzle from Shed – not too tough, and we didn’t spot any particular theme, but might well have missed something! CARBONADO was one of those satisfying clues where you work … Read more >>
A tasty offering from Qaos today…
When I was asked, at short notice, to stand in today I hoped that it would be something I could get my teeth into and I wasn’t disappointed to see that the setter … Read more >>
We cannot believe that it is time for us to blog a Phi again – where does the time go these days? We found this a fairly straightforward solve which was very … Read more >>
Hoskins has given us a puzzle to sink our teeth into this Thursday, the first of his puzzles that it has fallen to me to blog in a long time. I actually found … Read more >>
My first Guardian outing for some time on a rather chilly St Andrew’s day.
The puzzle can be found here.
Monday prize Crossword / Nov 20, 2017
Dante and Falcon may be the perfect Monday setters, Armonie could be one too.
Accessible, relatively easy and consistent.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 18, 2017
Thank you Julius for another fine puzzle to solve and blog. A couple of bits I don’t fully understand but no doubt they will be explained in due course.