Never knowingly undersolved
Clever and amusing clue surfaces from the setter. Thanks to Hoskins Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 What one may do on a sunbed: turn sort of orange? (5) TANGO : … Read more >>
Not too much genius needed to solve this one – I found it not much harder than a typical jigsaw puzzle (and a lot easier than Maskarade’s Bank Holiday monster). The fact that … Read more >>
Another very enjoyable excursion through the lesser-visited areas of the dictionary led by our expert guide Azed. Thank you Azed.
As I exchange the open roads of Australia for congested roads of the UK, albeit with the occasional snake, it’s time for another offering from Serpent – whose puzzles I am beginning to … Read more >>
A themed double alphabetical jigsaw with the added complication of an error in the enumeration meant that this Bank Holiday Special presented a tougher than expected challenge. The special instructions indicated that one of each pair was of a kind, not further defined.
It didn’t seem that there would be anything too taxing this week: In YACKETY-YACK, from the answer to each clue a letter must be deleted wherever it appears before entry into the grid; … Read more >>
I wasn’t anticipating having to blog this one, otherwise I would have made some notes when solving, but it seems that Turbolegs has work commitments that are preventing him from being here. We … Read more >>
The first puzzle of this new month has been provided by Phi, occupying his usual Friday slot. I found this to be an enjoyable, medium-difficulty puzzle, with not that many write-ins to get … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27291.
My first Thursday, first Orense, and very nice too. Simple but satisfying. Sorry for late blog; the puzzle didn’t come on-line until mid-day for some reason.
A fun puzzle from Paul, proving that he can raise a smile or two and still be squeaky-clean. Some ingenious wordplay in the clues, causing a couple of minor hold-ups in the parsing … Read more >>
Klingsor provided great fun and enjoyment today. Well he did for me anyway. This was my kind of cluing with a lot of component parts for some of the entries. … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword / Aug 21, 2017
Very nice crossword from Falcon, full of history & culture.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 19, 2017
There were a couple of classical references in here that I did not understand. Normally I manage to guess what to do from the rest of the clue but this time I needed Wikipedia to come to my aid. History and Classics are not my strong point but I’m certainly not complaining as one of the things I enjoy about crosswords is learning all that new stuff along the way. Thanks Dogberry.
The PDF version of this puzzle did not display correctly when I opened it on my PC. The numbers in the grid were replaced with a seemingly random selection of symbols found on the top line of a keyboard: &, ( and * for example. There is also a typo in 6 down dipomatically, I don’t know if this is related.