Never knowingly undersolved
A carte blanche grid, so no bars and no numbers, but at least the clues have length indications and are in normal order. However, two entries are unclued, and there are a few … Read more >>
Knut seems to be trying out a few new tricks on us in this puzzle. There were a number of clues which we solved once we had some crossing letters but it took … Read more >>
(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) A puzzle that’s trickier than the … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) A puzzle that’s trickier than the usual start to the FT week, with some … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26761.
A good Quiptic from Moley this morning, but a bit tough in places. Or perhaps that’s just me suffering brain fade after hearing Frosty the fricking Snowman in my local Sainsbury’s just too … Read more >>
() = abbreviation e.g. a(mpere) hom = homophone [] = letters removed An interesting puzzle from Hoskins which has a NINA (right and left side of puzzle), which you appear to have to … Read more >>
Enjoyed this, with 23ac and 15dn particular favourites. Thanks, Rufus.
A relatively gentle Cyclops puzzle, in preparation for the Christmas special. Good luck to Beermagnet for blogging that one. What more is there to say, except to wish everyone a great Christmas and … Read more >>
To me, at any rate a much harder than usual Everyman
A nice Sunday workout from Crosophile this week. I’d perhaps have got through it quicker had I not been so slow to spot the anagram in the long 16 across. 15 down also … Read more >>
Unlike the last Beelzebub that I blogged, I found this one a little tricky (meiosis!) in places, particularly the SE corner which contained my last entries. The crossing 28ac and 24dn caused a … Read more >>
An Azed plain puzzle this week This was a fairly typical Azed. The entries were the usual result of Azed’s trawl through the dictionary looking for a mix of well … Read more >>
Well a busy time of year – so it would be nice for a nice gentle puzzle to relax on a Saturday. Then I read the words “By Bannsider” – not much hope … Read more >>
Quite an ominous title this week!
There are extra letters in across clues that indicate how additional words in some down clues must be treated. That’s about all the clue we have to the theme.