Never knowingly undersolved
Half the clues lose a letter and the other half gain, with the letters lost matching the letters gained. These letters can then be rearranged to provide a thematic link to a surname … Read more >>
An excellent puzzle from Crucible, I though. The theme was … … planets of the solar system. Each of the themed clues (without definition) is one of the planets (not including Pluto, which … Read more >>
A witty entertaining puzzle from Alberich, where several times, the parsing took longer than the solving. 🙂 Thanks Alberich.
Another Phi-day and another Phi, although we have to say that this didn’t feel like a ‘normal’ Phi although we cannot identify quite why. We were somewhat puzzled by the wordplay in … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27201.
One of THOSE mornings…
Serpent has provided today’s cruciverbal challenge, with what might be described as a semi-ghost theme. The entry at 17 reveals a (ghost) theme running through all of the across solutions, not just 20, … Read more >>
A fairly typical Pasquale puzzle, perhaps less tough than he can be, meticulously clued, as always, which helped with the customary couple of unfamiliar words – and fine surfaces throughout. Thank you, Pasquale. … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword / May 8, 2017
An enjoyable trademark Falcon puzzle, perfect start of another FT week.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 6, 2017
Enjoyed this immensely…
Super puzzle from Loroso, as always. I found it a lot easier to fill the grid than to explain the answers. Thanks Loroso.
I think this is Dutch’s second Independent crossword following his debut in February I note that Dutch is using a 36 clue grid so we are all getting very good value. … Read more >>
This is Triton’s fourth puzzle in the Inquisitor series. The preamble told us that "Across and down clues are in pairs (either coming first) separated by a superfluous word. These … Read more >>
What we expect from Knut nowadays: a very pleasant solve and nothing very controversial I think.