Never knowingly undersolved
Rorschach seems to be one of rarer breed of Independent daily setters with not many appearances to his name in the past couple of years. I think the entries were … Read more >>
Screw, as before, provides a tricky and inventive challenge.
Monday prize Crossword / Jan 11, 2016
It’s been a while since we had Tuesday regular Armonie (aka Chifonie at another place) on the Prize spot. Concise clueing, good surfaces, mostly simple devices.
Enjoyable and relatively easy – although I had some trouble finishing the NE.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 9, 2016
Good stuff again from Monk. I particularly like to blog Monk puzzles as there is always a clear and precise explanation of the solution in there waiting to be found. The only difficulty for the blogger is finding it. Thanks Monk.
Whatever else?
Definitions underlined and in red; not sure I like this but it’ll have to do. I’m not going to go through it all and change them by hand.
Boys and girls come out to play with Boatman today, with at least one of the two words occurring in about two thirds of the clues, and quite a few names in the … Read more >>
The second puzzle of the year, and another prolific IQ setter – Phi, current runner-up to Sch … you know who. Preamble: Apart from 1ac and 18 (normal), each clue is actually … Read more >>
A parson’s egg from PSSTHPOK
Well, this was a very agreeable start to the day. One of my favourite setters in top form and, I think, my first opportunity to blog one of her puzzles. What can one … Read more >>
Well, a Bowie theme yesterday and a Star Wars theme (at least in the clues) today. We love themed puzzles so this was right up our alley, even though some of the clues … Read more >>
I never thought that I’d be writing this sentence, but this Quiptic from Nutmeg didn’t really do the business for me this morning. Some words that perhaps shouldn’t get … Read more >>
A message from Eileen and Peter (Kathryn’s Dad).
Eileen and I have arranged a 2016 Derby Sloggers and Betters event in Derby for Saturday May 21st.
A 24 today, very much a Marmite puzzle I suspect which will be loved or hated.
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26783.