Never knowingly undersolved
We found this puzzle quite tough, largely due to only getting the theme clue (14) very late. There were lots of fun clues here, anyway – thanks, Paul! Across 1. No fortune for … Read more >>
A fairly straightforward solve from Phi this week. For once the theme was so obvious, we couldn’t help but think that maybe there were more thematic entries than the obvious ones … Read more >>
A really challenging puzzle from Wanderer this Friday – remarkable diversity in the type of clues meant several pleasant moments of pulling my hair out.
A real toughie…
A very satisfying puzzle from Picaroon today, where I initially made slow progress but gradually made my way through it thanks to sound and inventive clueing. Nice one. … Read more >>
Serpent has directed his cruciverbal venom at us this Thursday morning. How many of us had the antidote to it? I did have the antidote to it, although it took it quite some … Read more >>
Straightforward fare from Dogberry
Monday Prize Crossword / Mar 13, 2017
After leaving his Everyman career, Falcon has now become one of the main Monday Prize setters for the FT.
I found this pretty easy ….
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 11, 2017
A very entertaining puzzle full of gentle humour and misdirection. Thank you Redshank.
An easier than normal Nutmeg
Crosophile provides us a puzzle today where he highlights the theme himself rather than leaving us to wonder if there is a theme. . The theme is based around MOTHERs and FATHERs. … Read more >>
Ah! – a puzzle by Nimrod [editor of the Inquisitor series] published on the day of the Listener Crossword dinner in Gateshead. Nimrod attended the dinner and tried hard to get us to think … Read more >>
So far as I can see Maize has appeared twice before. You wouldn’t know that he was fairly new, though, since this is a quite outstanding puzzle. On the hard side but more often than not once the answer became clear I was inwardly congratulating Maize rather than grumbling. There are some marvellous clues and I hope we see plenty more of this setter.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27150.