Never knowingly undersolved
Tees makes his fairly regular appearance today There are three clues where I have struggled with the word play. For 10 across, LIME, I think I am in the right … Read more >>
Good inventive fun as always from Paul, with an outstandingly appropriate anagram at 18,11, though needing a couple of bits of general knowledge that were only just in the category of “stuff I … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 16, 2016
W have Io today – not for the faint hearted…
Dac is absolutely back to his best after his illness. The surfaces are as convincing as ever and this was a remarkably simple blog to do since the constructions are all so sound and straightforward. Which is not to say that the crossword is a doddle: yes, on the easy side, but one still has to stop and think from time to time.
A challenging puzzle from Arachne this morning.
Schadenfreude seems to be appearing about every other month this year. Preamble: 13 clues each have a misprint in the definition. The correct letters can be arranged to form the phrase to … Read more >>
Scorpion seems to have entered a time warp with this puzzle. There have been a few comments recently about reverse solving which thankfully we are more than happy with. There were some solutions here … Read more >>
Thanks to Dante for another of his trademark puzzles. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Back-slapping male with cultural pretensions (6) HEARTY : HE(pronoun for a male person) + ARTY(with cultural pretensions). … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27000.
I swear on my life that I’m going to take up religion again, so that a deity can intercede on my behalf and arrange that I never again find myself having to blog … Read more >>
It’s an unusually long time since we had a Chifonie puzzle and even longer since a Rufusless Monday. Apart from what I think must be a mistake in 20ac, we have a pretty … Read more >>
Another new setter for me, but not a debut for Peter.
After my suggestion that Cyclops 580 was maybe a tad ‘lite’ on the usual Cyclops-ean smuttiness, this one certainly redresses the balance! Some focus on the American election as well… …giving it out … Read more >>