Never knowingly undersolved
Cyclops is giving us a very bleak analysis of the state of the world with a Trump heavy set of clues However the puzzle itself proved to be one of the quickest solves … Read more >>
It’s been a while since I locked horns with Poins, which used to be a regular Sunday occurrence. This was good, though I seemed to find the going a bit more of a … Read more >>
I thought this was not just tough, but in places, somewhat unfair.
A fairly hard Azed this time — with more than its fair share of heraldic terms, intricate wordplays and one very nice “follow-on” clue.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3668.
Not a lot of wasted space in today’s grid – a snakey puzzle from Serpent beckons. Some excellent clues to fill the space too. I liked 1ac for its brevity and 22ac for … Read more >>
It’s almost a year since I was half-apologising to fellow-bloggers for having managed to land five Picaroon puzzles in a row to blog. I was beginning to think I must have put a … Read more >>
This puzzle has additional and missing letters, and misprints in definitions. However, we don’t know which clues are affected in what way or even how many of each there are (only that there are ‘approximately equal numbers of each’). Nor do we know what is to be done to complete the puzzle, only that these letters will explain whatever it is.
Well, this should be a piece of cake.
Phi is rather on the hard side today, I think, but still up to the usual high standard. Every clue could easily be explained afterwards, which is as it should be.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
Thanks to Wanderer, for a Friday challenge that was relatively easy compared to earlier offerings from him.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27111.
A fairly typical Pasquale puzzle, meticulously clued, with elegantly smooth, often witty surfaces and one or two less familiar words. I found this to be one of those puzzles that seem rather harder … Read more >>
This is our 300th blog for 225 – but amazingly this is only the 7th Morph we have had the pleasure of blogging in the five years since we started. We hope that … Read more >>
ALways glad to see a puzzle from the old master