Never knowingly undersolved
Fine puzzle from Everyman. Some delightful surface readings; good variety of clue types; no obscurities; solver-friendly grid. Not much to be grumpy about, is there? Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd … Read more >>
I found this different to the usual IoS style, harder and less straightforward. Not a puzzle designed “to let everyone have a go” which I would say is the more normal Sunday theme.
An enjoyable puzzle from Morph this week with some delightful surface readings. We were also very impressed by 17ac. However, we couldn’t help feeling slightly disappointed because we had expected to find … Read more >>
A themed puzzle for this week’s prize competition from Paul, possibly intended to draw attention to Crufts, which was on when this puzzle appeared.
Borders are a bit of a hot topic at the moment – with the EU struggling with the refugee crisis, Donald Trump threatening to build a wall to ‘keep the Mexicans out’, and … Read more >>
Tricky in only a few places, so perhaps a little on the easy side for a Paul. Thanks to Paul. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Punch things (7) CLOBBER : … Read more >>
It is Friday today and thus time for my monthly lexical joust with Phi. I found this quite a tough puzzle by Phi standards, and although I completed it unaided, there was a … Read more >>
Its Friday, Its Bradman, Its a pleasant challenge on the FT today.
Another themed one – my second this week
It’s been a while since I blogged a puzzle by Nestor and I expected something quite difficult. I thought this fitted my expectations. The grid screamed Nina with all the … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26834.
Monday Prize Crossword / Mar 7, 2016
Falcon crosswords keep on coming nowadays.
It looks that he’s slowly taking over from Crux as a Monday regular.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 5, 2016
My apologies to everyone; this is very late. I had computer problems and, having done the blog once but failed to post it, started all over again and used the old system, which … Read more >>
I made a flying start on this one but eventually ground to a halt in the bottom-right corner. Got there in the end though! Thanks Monk.