Never knowingly undersolved
A challenging puzzle from Anax this week…with some clever cross-references, silky surface readings and a bit of mirthful misdirection… After a bit of a flying start from letting my eye roam straight to 23D … Read more >>
No clue numbers this week but an alphabetical across and down ordering with 10 misprints in definitions giving a clue to the puzzle’s theme. Also 6 unclued entries which are wholly blank in … Read more >>
An impressive prize crossword from Picaroon, for reasons I’ll explain below…. There was some rubric for this puzzle, which read: Wordplay in each clue ignores a letter required in the solution What only … Read more >>
An enjoyable, but definitely not a walkover – at least not when parsing – puzzle from Qaos, to whom thanks. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Again, apologies for the late blog, but a visit … Read more >>
Phi-day again, and the usual excellent puzzle. Lots to enjoy, but we just cannot figure out 22ac – there’s only one word that fits, and there’s a straightforward definition, but how on … Read more >>
A super fun puzzle from WANDERER today .. with some excellent surfaces and witty cluing.
My apologies for the late posting, which is due to unforeseen circumstances this afternoon. This is only the second occasion on which I have blogged a puzzle by Dutch, and I have to … Read more >>
The puzzle can be found here
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27344.
Monday Prize Crossword / Oct 23, 2017
Enjoyable Falcon puzzle (in his familiar, very accessible style) to enliven my Monday breakfast.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 21, 2017
I found this is an easier puzzle to solve than to blog, some of these clues were tricky to parse. Thanks Artexlen for an enjoyable puzzle.
What a delight to find Orlando’s name on the puzzle this morning, after such a long time! It’s also a relief: I blogged his last puzzle, well over a year ago, on the … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle from Eccles today. There was nothing obscure in the puzzle. I think all the entries are words that most solvers will have encountered outside the arcane world … Read more >>
Seeing that it’s a Nimrod puzzle often strikes fear into the heart of a blogger We had a fairly short preamble this time. It stated: Clued by their initial letters, … Read more >>