Never knowingly undersolved
Well, we have come to the start of another year (where did the last one go, it only seems like a few months since I was last writing one of these posts!). I … Read more >>
Happy New Year! There we go, I’ve used my one exclamation mark for 2017. This was an interesting, and tough, puzzle to start us off in the Sindy for 2017. Sherlock appears to … Read more >>
The preamble states: The puzzle is a tribute to two people whose names appear in the completed grid. (There is a numerical link between them.) X and two of his products are in a … Read more >>
Leading up to Saturday, March 26th in what will surely go down in history as The Year of Loss, I thought I’d lost it. We thought we’d lost it. Then we found we … Read more >>
As 2016 reaches its last day a no doubt topical puzzle from Eimi completes the Independent’s year of crosswords. I always enjoy Eimi’s crosswords – they tend to have topical clues and this … Read more >>
Normally, I try to paraphrase the essential elements of the preamble. This week, it seemed far easier to reprint it word for word! Solvers must identify and highlight the five-letter keyword from a … Read more >>
My last blog for 2016 and a pleasurable solve at that, with Bradman serving up a delectable challenge. Thanks Bradman for an apt finish to the 2016 work week.
Well, it’s Phiday again, will there be a theme? If there is, will we be able to spot it? We have missed some of Phi’s recent themes but we are very pleased that … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27081.
My heart sank when I first saw this, not least because I immediately realised that, due to the nature of the puzzle, I wouldn’t be able to use PeeDee’s excellent blogging software, and that I would have to do this blog the long-winded way, so please excuse any formatting issues, as I am not used to blogging this way.
An interesting and enjoyable puzzle from Brummie this morning, with several less familiar words, which were all gettable, together with a friendly grid to help things along. Brummie’s puzzles often have a theme … Read more >>
Hob has provided the last Thursday puzzle of 2016 and thus occupies my last blogging slot of the year. I think that this was a worthy puzzle to bring my blogging year to … Read more >>
I find some of Dante’s clues quite brilliant, but then some of them I just don’t get at all. Happily the balance always falls down on the positive side for me, so I’m still a happy bunny. Thanks Dante.
I’ve blogged one Gila puzzle before – in the Inquisitor series, so this is my first blog of a Gila daily broadsheet puzzle. There were 18 across clues and 13 … Read more >>
Very nice…