Never knowingly undersolved
A Saturday Nimrod – enough to send a shiver up your spine! As expected there are a couple which we need some help with. We were struggling towards the end and as … Read more >>
It must be 30-plus years since I last drew a CIRCUIT DIAGRAM, in ‘O’ and ‘A’ level physics, so this offering from Granville (a new setter on the scene?) had me thinking OMG … Read more >>
Having prepared myself for some serious lateral thinking Paul plays it straight this week. Thanks Paul, always a pleasure to solve and blog.
I enjoyed solving today’s puzzle from WANDERER, thanks to whom for serving up his usual dose of clever, intriguing cluing.
I found this a strange mixture: some very easy “beginner” clues (and a couple of rather vague/weak cryptic definitions), and others that I struggled over for ages, including one unknown word that even … Read more >>
Duncan’s away on holiday for a month so I’m standing in back in my old slot for 4 weeks.
This took me a long time because these crosswords with many references to a single clue can be hard to get started on if you can’t see, as I couldn’t immediately, the gateway clue. They effectively rule out many of the clues, to begin with anyway. But eventually I got going and it was a nice crossword.
The puzzle can be found here.
One that is not so difficult as one would expect of a lead-up to the end of the week. Thanks to Paul. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Hide waste around … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword / Sep 11, 2017
Dante with a clean and undemanding crossword that even his criticasters might like.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 9, 2017
Hats off to anyone who could finish this without resorting to aids! A tough challenge, thanks Gozo.
Hypnos occupies the mid-week slot this week – he’s been setting for the Indy for almost 10 years now, but mainly on Sundays – this is only our 2nd blog of one of … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27307.
Shift Work II: Confessions by Ifor A song title suggests how one letter in each across answer must be treated before entry. All down clues must be modified before solving according to part … Read more >>