Never knowingly undersolved
Perhaps a little more tricky than your average Everyman but still a pleasure to solve. If Pierre had covered this puzzle he would have had his customary ‘bird’ link but I’m sure you … Read more >>
Good puzzle for the IoS slot, I thought. A few harder ones, but once you’d got some crossers, it wasn’t too tricky to finish. You might have thought differently, so comments welcome. … Read more >>
All present and correct. I found this very pleasurable, not the hardest AZED but a nicely consistent level of difficulty from the start to the finish. Thank you Azed.
Wow – this was a toughie from Hob – but that is what we have come to expect. We might have found it a little easier if we had been familiar with the … Read more >>
12 thematic clues with an associated definition and an extra thematic word. The remainder are normal. As preambles go quite long but straight forward. It took me a while to get the theme … Read more >>
A clever and entertaining puzzle with some excellent clues, rather let down for me by bad rubric… The rubric, after replacing the numbers with their answers, read: Seven theme clues require ALBPHABETISING THREE … Read more >>
A mixed bag from the DON this morning, thanks to whom for an interesting challenge. The few clues that held me up accounted for 90% of the solve time! 🙂
Good fun from Qaos (with reservations on a couple of clues). As almost always with this setter we have a “ghost theme” in the solutions… … in this case John le Carré’s novel … Read more >>
It’s the end of the week and as expected, we have a Phi to solve. For a change, we actually spotted the ‘theme’, although not until we had completed it. As usual, … Read more >>
Klingsor is occupying the Thursday slot this week. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle, which is pitched at exactly the right level for a mid-week solve, i.e. not to straightforward, but at the same … Read more >>
I found this tough, very tough in places, but that is what I’ve come to expect from this setter. My first, quick pass through the clues resulted in less than a handful of entries … Read more >>
One of those puzzles that takes longer to blog than to solve.
Monday Prize Crossword / Feb 13, 2017
This took me slightly longer than the average Mudd.
Very enjoyable, with some naughtiness included too.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 11, 2017
Super puzzle, albeit one that might be difficult to finish without access to reference materials. Thank you Gozo.