Never knowingly undersolved
It’s Thursday so that sometimes mean a more difficult Independent crossword. I know some of John MILTON‘s works but I wasn’t aware of the polemic AREOPAGITICA entered at 11 down. … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword / Jun 27, 2016
Crux back on the scoresheet with an enjoyable and not too difficult challenge.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 25, 2016
There are two clues here that are as good as any you ever see.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
PeeDee’s holiday has given me the chance to return to what used to be my regular Wednesday FT slot (many years ago now!). A steady solve for me with no hold-ups or head … Read more >>
Not too difficult and nicely clued. Favourites 3dn and 14dn – thanks, Chifonie.
An Eclogue puzzle – something to look forward to. Preamble: In clue order, corrections to definition misprints give a quotation completed by the thematic puzzle title. The name of the work from … Read more >>
Rather to my surprise, I got through about half of this pretty quickly, but then slowed down a lot, and almost ground to the halt for the last few. No obvious theme that … Read more >>
It seems a while since we last blogged a Crosophile and we always enjoy his puzzles as there’s invariably something going on in the grid. In this case, there’s a nina round three … Read more >>
A quick solve this morning with plenty of familiar crossword constructions.
Standard Rufus fare
Monday again and my second Wiglaf in his third Daily Indy crossword.
One or two rather remote synonyms, I thought, but generally a sound Quiptic to get us started on the cruciverbal week. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition … Read more >>
Not for the first time, I am blogging a Cyclops when many of the references in it seem weirdly out of date. A lot has happened, and a lot has changed — nearly … Read more >>
I don’t normally solve the IoS (I’ve only done so today because the scheduled blogger is away) so cannot say how this one compares with others in the series or with previous Hypnos cryptics. … Read more >>