Never knowingly undersolved
I was planning to start this blog by saying “it’s been a while since I blogged an Arachne puzzle”, and then found that that was exactly what I said when I last did … Read more >>
A nice start-the-week sort of crossword with lots of well written clues.
Pan is one of the well-established Quiptic setters and invariably provides us with a good start to the week. He/she has done so here again, although the grid, with lots of clues with … Read more >>
A better than average Rufus today.
Yet again Everyman has produced an accessible puzzle that is ideal for those new, or relatively new, to the art of solving cryptic crosswords. However, I do have one minor reservation. For the … Read more >>
I found this a bit of a slog, but that could just be me. Daedalus has created a Father’s Day puzzle where every clue has a reference to ‘father’ in it, either … Read more >>
A plain Azed puzzle this week The parsing took me a while to suss out this week. I didn’t get to the bottom of a few clues until well into … Read more >>
A tough-but-fair mental workout from Anax this Saturday… …two 3-linked-words clues at 6D and 18D, which either help or hinder, depending on how quickly you get them (not very quickly, in my case!), and … Read more >>
No bars this week. Extra letters in all the clues which spell out a line from a play. The letters within the speaker of this line then need to be highlighted. Sounds amusing. … Read more >>
This is only the second puzzle by Imogen I’ve ended up blogging, which is a shame, because his puzzles are brilliant – this is another cracker, I think. The theme here was DEAD … Read more >>
As usual, an enjoyable crossword from Philistine, to whom, thanks. A couple of tricky ones were the last in. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 A delicate pregnant lady’s clothing displayed with … Read more >>
Another week, another Friday, another offering from Phi. We found this fairly straightforward apart from having to check 8 and 9 down. Joyce had vaguely heard of 8d and we both guessed … Read more >>
A breezy challenge from Bradman this Friday morning. Thanks Don.
A very tricky (some might say diabolical) Nimrod today that stretched my solving ability to its limit. I didn’t expect to be blogging this one, otherwise I would have made notes during my … Read more >>
Dogberry gets the Thursday FT gig this morning.