Never knowingly undersolved
The hardest thing when blogging an Everyman is finding something to say in the preamble. There is seldom anything to quibble about in the clues and errors are even rarer. Today is no … Read more >>
This must be the most difficult IoS puzzle I’ve solved/blogged for a long time. It took me three goes to get it to lie down, whereas normally I’m done and dusted before getting … Read more >>
Another enjoyable and educational tour of the forgotten corners of the English language with Azed as the guide.
Sorry for the late delivery of this blog. Completely forgot it was my turn. I will have to work out how to wire my smoke alarm to the calendar alerts. We may be … Read more >>
A good fun prize puzzle from Philistine … … with a theme of BOTTOMs. We were both a bit confused about the rubric, which says: Six 5 solutions are not further defined The … Read more >>
Kcit’s puzzles range from the relatively straightforward to the definitely difficult, and you don’t know which it will be until about 30 minutes into the solve. His recent Listener, A Bit Up in … Read more >>
A nice easy puzzle from GURNEY to reset the balance for FT puzzles this week. Good for beginners on cryptic grids. Thanks Gurney for the enjoyable distraction this Friday morning.
Pan seems to have a regular place in the cryptic slot now, while still supplying Monday quiptics. This is a well crafted puzzle with a good variety of clue types, presented with some … Read more >>
It’s Friday, it’s the Indy, it’s Phi – nothing ever changes (well, only very occasionally). This is the second time in recent weeks that I have been able to spot a Phi theme … Read more >>
Today’s puzzle has been supplied by Hob, a relative newcomer to the Indy fold. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle, with its ingenious but not overly demanding treatment of the theme of queens. The … Read more >>
A straightforward offering from Sleuth
Was grateful for the long answer going in almost immediately – a lot of parsing-after today. Nice use of a betting theme in so many of the surfaces. Favourite was 5dn, and I also liked 11ac, 21ac, and the definition [and eventually the wordplay] in 15/4/7/24. Thanks, Boatman
Monday Prize Crossword / Nov 21, 2016
With Falcon you know what to expect: mostly easy clues with smooth surfaces ….
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 19, 2016
I was clealry not on Chalmie’s wavelength this morning as it took me an age to solve and I struggled to explain many of my answers. Did anyone else find this a particularly opaque puzzle or am I just having an off day?