Never knowingly undersolved
eXternal takes the mid-week slot this week – an enjoyable, fairly straightforward solve. There are no particularly unusual words in the grid and all the definitions and wordplay are clear enough – … Read more >>
I found this a little harder than average for Chifonie, though with his usual mostly straightforward style. Thanks to Chifonie. Across 4. BOWLER Hat left in shady … Read more >>
A Major Restraint by Kruger Preamble: Answers to ten clues must have one checked letter changed to reveal ten elements of a set. Ten other clues have a single letter misprint in their … Read more >>
Hob has provided today’s cruciverbal entertainment. I found this to be quite a challenging puzzle overall. It was certainly hard for me to finish it and to parse everything satisfactorily, even though it … Read more >>
I struggled a bit with this, as I sometimes do with Hamilton. Some clues were a little unconventional…
A challenge, but worth the effort.
A puzzle who’s cds and dds give it a Rufus-like flavour. Thanks Anto. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Walks twice as fast with more room between the lines (6,7) DOUBLE … Read more >>
A nice mixture of clues, mostly on the easy side but a few that had me scratching my head for parsings.
Several clues in this puzzle where I had an inkling of the answwer but could not justify it until understanding some surprisingly convoluted wordplay. For example 5A, which I tackled early on, POSTURE seemed … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found athttps://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27353.
Presumably just by coincidence, this jigsaw puzzle appeared the day after an alphabetical jigsaw by Paul as the Guardian prize puzzle. I see that, also by coincidence, I blogged the two previous examples, … Read more >>
My second chance on the trot to lock horns with Hoskins as part of the Sunday rotation, which is by no means a complaint. The usual good fun here: lots of very smooth … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3708.
Armistice day and a puzzle from Serpent, who is rapidly becoming a favourite setter of mine. Serpent’s usual high quality clues were in evidence. The physicist in me liked 22dn whilst the humour … Read more >>
I blogged Paul’s last Alphabetical puzzle and began my preamble with, ‘It’s always good to see an alphabetical puzzle in the Prize slot…and this proved to be a satisfying challenge.’ I can say … Read more >>