Never knowingly undersolved
It’s a bank holiday, so perhaps we should expect something a bit more demanding. Any road up, I found this demanding; but that could just be me. Sound puzzle, though. … Read more >>
Thank you Hectence for an enjoyable Quiptic. (Aptly relaxing for Labour Day.) Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Don’t allow backing for Trump’s extremes to overshadow right’s regular following (7) PREVENT … Read more >>
A quick, enjoyable solve. Favourites 12ac and 25ac. Thanks, Chifonie.
The preamble to Genius 166 by Picaroon states that: “Two across solutions taken together indicate something missing from all the other 14 across clues, either as the definition or as part of their … Read more >>
You tend to know where you stand with Hypnos, and this Sunday’s puzzle was no exception. As such there isn’t a great deal for me to add: nothing stuck out as controversial or … Read more >>
Not particularly hard for an Azed — but this was really a solve-by-committee (of work colleagues — thanks Martin and Frank!) so hard to gauge really. Some very nice surfaces (I liked the googly clue for obvious reasons).
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3680.
An amusing and decIDEdly fishy puzzle from Paul – and I promise no more puns. The top half was filled in quickly but I rather ran into the buffers in the bottom half, … Read more >>
Puzzles like this one, where the clues given in alphabetical order of their answers, tend to involve a fair amount of cold solving before a tipping point where (if the solver is lucky) everything slots into place. I have a soft spot for them, but the obvious worry is that one will run into difficulty with the cold solving.
My first occasion to lock horns with Rodriguez, at least on a blogging day. This one all seemed to go in very smoothly. That the theme was clearly signposted at 27 across certainly … Read more >>
An excellent fun crossword from MUDD. Several inventive clues and misdirections kept proceedings consistenly interesting !!
The usual utterly sound and enjoyable crossword from Phi. You can tell how good it is because (although on the easy side for Phi) it presents its fair share of problems while solving, but all the constructions turn out to be very straightforward.
A tough solve and an enjoyable one – I really liked 22/26ac, 19dn and 23dn. Thanks, Nutmeg
I found this mostly less tricky than usual for Boatman, but still had a bit of trouble finishing off the top half, not helped by the horrible grid, with four almost isolated corners, … Read more >>
A challenging puzzle from Alberich this cold Thurday morning…