Never knowingly undersolved
Don’t Trust the Picture by Phi Preamble: A number of answers are entered jumbled, and even then won’t fill the associated entries, leaving unchecked spaces blank. The complete versions of these entries are … Read more >>
Radian has provided today’s puzzle, to take (guide?) us into the working week following the bank holiday. I actually found this to be quite a tough puzzle, one that needed to be chipped … Read more >>
Our setter’s roots are showing this morning…
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27210.
A bit of a collector’s item – Pasquale in the Quiptic slot. In his various avatars, he has the ability to turn the heat up or down; here it was a very gentle simmer, … Read more >>
It’s a Bank Holiday but no Monday off for Rufus. A characteristic blend of [some not very] cryptic and double definitions and several really good anagrams, particularly 10 and 18ac and 3dn. Thank … Read more >>
A highly political puzzle with some great clues.
Cyclops often creates puzzles with clues that range over 2 or more lights in different parts of the grid. I like the way this gives the puzzle a more three dimensional feel and … Read more >>
My second Azed blog and this time I’m able to write it at leisure with no time constraints. However, the extra time hasn’t meant that I am fully satisfied with this post because … Read more >>
Hoskins is always good fun on a Sunday, and this week was no exception. Things generally fell into place quite swiftly for me. Favourite moments included rather fun, misleading definition “Exercise restraint!” at … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3684.
The Saturday schedule and the blogging cycle is aligned! I get Klingsor again same as I did at his last Saturday outing, which is no bad thing. This time, solving started as before … Read more >>
For me, this was the most enjoyable Paul puzzle in a long time. On the first run through, I got none of the across clues and so it seemed it was going to … Read more >>
The wordplay in all across clues and in sixteen down clues are thematically modified. The across clues have extra letters, which spell out a message; the modifications applied to down clues are to be worked out. There are also two unclued entries, which must be replaced in line with the theme.
An enjoyable Paul puzzle to end the week. On ‘ordinary’ [non-blogging] days, I go through the clues in order, parsing as I go. This morning, I was slightly worried to realise that I … Read more >>