Never knowingly undersolved
Alchemi stands in for Dac this week. We found this slightly trickier than the average Wednesday fare. We were somewhat held up by the entry at 17d, which does not … Read more >>
Found this extremely straightforward – favourites were 11ac and 8dn. Thanks, Chifonie
Preamble: The six unclued entries are members of a group; their unchecked/mutually checked letters could spell I ISSUED PAILS. The group cryptically suggests how to change each of seven identical letters to another … Read more >>
Scorpion has provided today’s cruciverbal workout, which I am blogging rather late in the day owing to circumstances beyond my control. I really enjoyed this puzzle, finding that I needed to chip away … Read more >>
A further update: As indicated in my comment #7, this problem was caused by the addition of some text to one of the site’s configuration files last week in an attempt to mitigate … Read more >>
I started off rather slowly with this, but speeded up as things fell into place. There were a couple of rather obscure words, but all clearly clued. There’s a theme of cinema genres, … Read more >>
A quick and cheerful solve this morning, with some pleasing surfaces.
Quite a toughie today, I thought, but you tell me otherwise. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions … Read more >>
An enjoyable and fairly easy puzzle with some amusing clues.
Double definitions galore.
… and the grim truth is – it isn’t all just a joke This was solved at a rate of knots. Straight in with the unwelcome reminder of current government policy at 7A … Read more >>
I’m sure the idea of replacing an answer with its ‘pair’ has been done in the Genius series before, but it gives plenty of scope to the setter. Some of the pairings here … Read more >>
I rattled through most of this very quickly, but took at least as long again on the last half-dozen clues (I think the SW corner was the last to fall). Thanks to Azed … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3672.
An enjoyable Sunday solve from Raich once again. Whilst I don’t time solving, this one seemed quite brisk with few real holdups. Last one in was REARDON, partly because it took me a … Read more >>