Never knowingly undersolved
Schadenfreude returns to the Inquisitor stage this week. The preamble told us that in across clues a word which has only one letter in common with the answer must be … Read more >>
A stylish puzzle frpm Neo, not too taxing but some witty wordplay in the surfaces.
As always, a fine crossword from Punk. There are possible quibbles with 13ac and 15ac/1dn, and some of the answers have marginally less than 50% checking, but there is a nice theme that may excuse this.
These crosswords that have lots of clues referring to other ones are always difficult to start on, since one’s first read through only allows possible solving of some of the clues, and this was no exception.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
A tough Tuesday offering from Imogen
Apologies for the lateish blog – it took me a while to get into this one, and my last couple took some time too. I could be barking up the wrong tree, but … Read more >>
This was one of those themed puzzles that can be difficult to start with if you don’t get the gateway clue quickly.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27173.
My sub-title may be wishful thinking…the PO-TWEET-US may have led us into the TWW before the prosecutors get to him… Yep…100-or-so days on and Senhor Trump continues to dominate on all fronts, including … Read more >>
Quite an easy one this week (on the Azed scale at least), which I mostly polished off in less than half an hour, apart from one or two stragglers that needed a glance … Read more >>
This was, I thought, trickier than the usual IoS puzzle. It wouldn’t be out of place as a weekday, or perhaps even a Saturday (when the Indie used to give out prizes) Indie … Read more >>
Another sound Sunday puzzle from Everyman. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions are underlined Across 1 Student pulls back … Read more >>
Easter weekend and a puzzle from Jambazi. Whilst I don’t usually look up meanings of setters’ names, for some reason I did today and Jambazi appears to mean bandit in Swahili. I found … Read more >>
A pangrammatic puzzle for this week’s prize from Qaos.
Oh dear… a musical theme this week: not my forte. I just hoped it wouldn’t be too technical, although the preamble indicated otherwise: The FUGUE’s four-note motif appears four times, entering lower each … Read more >>
A message from John Henderson (Io, Enigmatist, Nimrod et al):
Here’s my annual spring announcement, regarding what will be our fourth autumn S&B weekend get-together in York, proposed dates: Friday evening 27th October to Sunday lunchtime 29th October. Much of what I said last year applies again: