Never knowingly undersolved
Pretty much what I and my fellow Everyman bloggers say every Sunday: a well-constructed puzzle with good surface readings, appropriate for the improving solver. Well done, Everyman, for putting out a consistently good … Read more >>
An unusual spot for Monk, who’s more known for setting Saturday Prize puzzles. And for me, this one was only slightly less difficult than one of the former. Are the days when the … Read more >>
Oh good. I get to crack a Knut,
and blog it.
Knut has made a name for including recent events in puzzles and this is no exception.
A themed puzzle from Brendan for this week’s prize.
I’d been asked a couple of times during July “Are you blogging the EV the day after the Inquisitor No. 1500 celebrations?” “Yes,” said I. “Oh dear!” said they, “It’s a tough one.” … Read more >>
A witty and absolutely delightful offering from CHALMIE made an otherwise dreary friday light up like an early christmas
Phi is in his spiritual home today, i.e. the Friday Indy slot. I found this quite tough, towards the harder end of the Phi spectrum. There were no particularly long entries in this … Read more >>
Imogen’s puzzles usually present something of a challenge and this was no exception, not helped by my having minimal knowledge of or interest in the theme. Nevertheless, I eventually enjoyed teasing out the … Read more >>
With a little help from PeeDee, I have been able to get the blog up at last.
The blogging tool I usually use has some issues this morning, so this is just a marker really to say that I have solved the puzzle, but, as I have to leave for … Read more >>
It’s a long time since I blogged a Klingsor puzzle so it was good to see one today. There was a good mix of cluing types today which made for … Read more >>
Tough going, mostly done a corner at a time and ending in the bottom right. Favourites were 25ac, 26ac, and 5dn – thanks, Crucible.
Monday Prize Crossword / Jul 24, 2017
The kind of accessible crossword that you may expect when seeing the setter’s name (Falcon).
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 22, 2017
Julius is up there at the top of my favourite setters list but unusually this one I found this a bit of a mixed bag.