Never knowingly undersolved
Inquisitor puzzle by Harribobs … memories of BATS, struggling with the start of the endgame … Preamble: In some clues, wordplay leads to the answer plus an extra letter; extra letters spell … Read more >>
A fun puzzle from Hoskins today – mostly fairly straightforward, but with a few that got us thinking. We only realised that there was more to the puzzle when we had moreorless … Read more >>
Thanks Sleuth, for an enjoyable puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Menial sort after day taking goods by ground (8) DOGSBODY : D(abbrev. for “day”) plus(after … taking) anagram of(… … Read more >>
Difficult in places and enjoyable throughout. Favourites were 9ac, 27ac, 1dn, 8dn, 16dn and 21dn – thanks, Picaroon.
We’re standing in for Pierre today and this is the first Quiptic we’ve blogged. Joyce often tackles the Quiptic if she is eating lunch on her own, so it isn’t the first Quiptic that we have solved!
An enjoyable outing from the reliable Vigo.
It gets harder and harder to say anything new about Rufus – today I’ll just say that I found this very easy even by his standards, and that I expect to have a … Read more >>
Another no-show by the scheduled blogger so my second outing today. For that reason there is only an analysis of the clues. Across 1 Make waves after senator’s first stint (6) SCRIMP – … Read more >>
For the first time in three or four years I solved the Azed last Sunday. Whether this was due to luck or premonition is anybody’s guess, but I heard a couple of hours … Read more >>
Sunday rolls round again, you can get the crossword here
This is our first blog of a Serpent puzzle. Although he has been around setting daily cryptics for the Independent for a while, we remember him more for the excellent Inquisitor puzzles that … Read more >>
I have to admit I found REPLACEMENTS by Artix a pretty tough EV – so much so that I even considered calling for ‘replacements’, from amongst my fellow EV bloggers. But I persevered, accumulating answers … Read more >>
Twenty-six clues, one for each mile. I wonder if Paul concocted this idea so he could stop and have a rest every few minutes? I also wonder if Imogen was running along too, or else how did he get between mileposts in time? And if he wrote as he ran what state was the puzzle in by the time they finished, could they read it at all? Definitely an excuse to stop and rest. And did Imogen fill the grid as he ran or was it pre-filled? Whatever, setting while running seems to have had little effect on the end result, good fun to solve as always. Thank you Paul and Imogen.
A real toughie from Bradman this Friday. Had to seek online aid for 2 clues and confirmations for a couple of others. Thanks Don, for a strenuous workout.
As I expected when I saw Vlad’s name, this was pretty tough going, with sudden bursts of progress interrupted by long periods of staring hopelessly at the clues. Of course everything looks reasonably … Read more >>