Never knowingly undersolved
Today offered me what will doubtless be my last opportunity to blog a Dac puzzle in 2015. And rather fittingly, this puzzle bears all the hallmarks of the other Dac puzzles that I … Read more >>
A quick solve and very enjoyable – favourites were 6ac and 12dn.
Another Schadenfreude offering this week. Usually quite difficult and this was no exception, not helped by slightly misleading (to me, Hi, anyway) rubric, which read: After filling the grid, solvers must obey the … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle from Brummie with some helpful anagrams to get things going. Thanks to the setter. Getting 12a and 22a early on led me to the theme of Andy Warhol and his … Read more >>
When I started this one I thought it was going to be a walk in the park because entries were going in at a fair rate of knots but this proved not to … Read more >>
A puzzle from Radian today that doesn’t have any obscure entries, but does have one entry that I have great difficulty spelling The theme in this crossword developed gradually but … Read more >>
It’s Monday, it’s Rufus, so we know what to expect – plenty of double/cryptic definitions (though perhaps not quite as many as some weeks judging by the blogs I’ve read in the past), … Read more >>
An excellent Quiptic this morning. But what do you expect? Look who the setter is. I’ll be recommending this one to my friends who are still trying to learn the Dark Arts. … Read more >>
A plain crossword from Alchemi this morning, nowt wrong with that.
Not what I would call an outstanding puzzle though there are some excellent surface readings in the clues I did the wrong thing by solving this crossword a week ago soon after the mag arrived, … Read more >>
A relatively quick solve for me this week with everything done and dusted within about half an hour. Does this mean that the puzzle was easier than usual or just that I had … Read more >>
Hello all, This one took me a few sittings, as should be the case. Enjoyable. As ever, I’m amazed by the grid constructions for puzzles like this. I found myself singing the bridge to this song … Read more >>
Fun everyman puzzle. Not much by way of general knowledge required. Some nice surfaces. One clue that I couldn’t parse (15d)
Being of a pedantic turn, I was struck by several little things that weren’t quite right here: 19dn is given as (6) when it is (7); 22dn is given as 23dn; whoever typed out … 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.) Thanks to Daedalus for an enjoyable … Read more >>