Never knowingly undersolved
The closing date for Beelzebub was postponed until today for the obvious festive reasons, hence the delayed blog post. I don’t have a great deal of notes as it’s been a fairly long … Read more >>
Oh dear, I thought Monday was supposed to be a nice gentle day here at the Indy, Wot’s Monk doing here??
Phew. Not a bit of leftover turkey or a stale mince pie in sight.
A very enjoyable puzzle – many thanks Paul. Favourites 19ac, 22ac, 27ac, 6dn, and 17dn.
My fellow blogger flashling commented that last week’s Everyman was harder than usual. I would echo that today. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram … Read more >>
Straightforward definitions but some of the constructions were tricky to parse. Thank you Poins.
After struggling through a few blank-ish jigsaw EVs recently, I was hoping for a REST…and so it seemed to be…until I realised that Mynot had given me FOUR mini-jigsaws!… Sets of four clues … Read more >>
A themed offering for Christmas from Gaff.
Lots of Christmassy references in the clues from Paul today, and not too hard a puzzle for those who have a lot of other things to do. Thanks to Paul, and Merry Christmas … Read more >>
A fairly gentle offering from Quixote for Christmas Eve Quixote was in a benevolent mode I think with this puzzle. Lots of anagrams -eight in total, container and contents clues … Read more >>
Great stuff – and a proper mental workout. Thank you Loroso.
No Dac today I’m afraid, even though it isn’t the last Wednesday of the month. Christmas I suppose. But this is perfectly serviceable and fills the gap very satisfactorily. It seems that most of the parsings are straightforward and can be given in one short expression, and there doesn’t seem to me to be anything controversial. Some slightly unusual anagram indicators, perhaps.
Definitions underlined.
I invariably find the preamble to be the most difficult part of the blog to write and today is no exception. What can I say that hasn’t been said before? Good surfaces, good … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword / Dec 14, 2015
Enjoyable but very easy start to another FT week with lots of anagrams.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 12, 2015