Never knowingly undersolved
Scorpion has provided today’s lexical challenge. It has been a while since it has fallen to me to solve/blog one of his puzzles. Scorpion has chosen to mark a special achievement with this … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword / May 9, 2016
It’s Dante. So, mostly easy-ish. And also ‘that last one in’…. Today it was 15ac.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 7, 2016
Easy than avaerage for the FT but interesting nonetheless. I enjoyed the surface readings of many of the clues, something that I often forget to look for when I have my head down on a toughie. Thank you Flimsy.
A good crossword for any readers starting out at solving. You can download a PDF of the puzzle here.
A lovely surprise for a wet morning – Arachne in sparkling form with a puzzle brimming with natty devices, witty topical references and stunning story-telling surfaces, along with well-disguised definitions providing many a … Read more >>
Another puzzle from Dac today with the usual high quality surfaces in the clues Unusually for Dac there was something hinting at a theme today. Either that or Dac has … Read more >>
Samuel ventures out from his home turf of the Telegraph Enigmatic Variations to offer a puzzle in the Inquisitor series this week. The preamble told us that all but … Read more >>
A fairly straightforward offering from Neo, with an appropriate, overtly financial theme.
A pleasant and accessible crossword from Hob. Apart from one or two little things that I don’t quite understand, all seems to be fairly straightforward.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26886.
Anto’s turn in the Quiptic slot this week.
Lots of fun, and I learned a few things along the way. Favourites 11ac, 22ac, and 8dn. Thanks, Rufus
I had a couple of minor quibbles on this but overall it was nice puzzle with a reasonable range of clues from fairly easy starters to more demanding fare.
This puzzle seems to have a higher-than-usual proportion of unfamiliar words, in both answers and wordplay, which probably explains why I found it quite hard. But soundly clued as always, and satisfying to … Read more >>
Another good puzzle from Everyman for our Sunday morning entertainment (or Saturday morning for our NZ contributors). Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram … Read more >>