Never knowingly undersolved
Fairly straightforward fare from Tyrus this week, if that is a fair summary? Some crisp clueing and nice surface readings, and no hidden tricks or themes…as far as I could tell anyway! An … Read more >>
The second Oxymoron puzzle of the year, following on from King Lear’s “The wheel has come full circle.” This week we have to draw lines through a work and its creator’s first and … Read more >>
Apologies for the brevity. Rushed for time. Thanks Bradman for a pleasant challenge.
Is it just us or is Phi getting harder? It’s not that the clues are more complex we feel rather that some of the synonyms are a little more obscure. We’re not complaining … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26722.
It has been a while since it has fallen to me to blog a Tees puzzle, and I hope that I have done justice to it, despite being rather bleary-eyed after a long … Read more >>
An enjoyable puzzle from Paul, with precise cluing, which helped with a couple of less well known words, and some amusing wordplay and surfaces. The theme is the eight Ivy League Universities – … Read more >>
Generally straightforward with some clever clues here and there. Thanks, Alberich
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 24, 2015
Monday Prize Crossword / Oct 26, 2015
Another good offering by Mudd, one of medium difficulty.
A cracking puzzle. I enjoyed this very much. Thank you Redshank.
I’m always excited to see Arachne’s name at the top of the puzzle, and as usual she provides an entertaining challenge full of misdirection. Many lovely clues, but favourites were 10ac, 21ac, 27ac and 28ac.
It’s the first Wednesday of a new month so Dac is back. There were a lot of names, song titles or film titles in today’s puzzle which is unusual for … Read more >>
Samuel is a prolific setter of barred crosswords (with a few blocked ones thrown in for good measure). He is also the editor of the Enigmatic Variations barred series in the Sunday Telegraph. … Read more >>
All very pleasing from Alchemi today. Some of the clues were nice and there seem to be no problems with any of them.