Never knowingly undersolved
Nestor takes over the Thursday spot this week. It was something of a relief, as it seemed rather less tricky than we have come to expect for a Thursday. We are out of … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword / Sep 7, 2015
Armonie’s crosswords mostly appear on a Tuesday but this puzzle made once more clear why many solvers think he is the ideal week-opener.
Easy, concise and accessible, generally smooth surfaces and surely no trickery.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 5, 2015
Super puzzle. Thanks Loroso.
Today offers me my once-monthly opportunity to blog a Dac puzzle on a Wednesday. And I don’t suppose that I’ll say anything today that I haven’t said many times before: we have before … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26678.
Swaps due to holidays (mainly afloat!) mean that I have two blogs in a row. This time Ho is on holiday, so it was down to me (Hi) to complete and blog this … Read more >>
After a week totally away from crosswords – many thanks to Gaufrid for standing in for me last Monday – it was a bit of a shock to see Vlad’s name on this … Read more >>
This was a tough challenge from Neo that tests your general knowledge as much as it does your ability to decipher the clues.
Radian occupies the Tuesday slot with a crossword that is mainly filled with well known words. I have solved this in a bit of a sticks and string fashion given my … Read more >>
Moley produces a Quiptic for us only once every couple of months, but her puzzles often turn up on my watch. Which is no hardship at all. She’s good, you know. I thought … Read more >>
A cheeky little number from Crosophile today…
A nice, gentle, start to the week with plenty of anagrams, double and cryptic defs. Thanks Rufus.
This seemed tougher than many Eye grids of late. I certainly had trouble getting started – I read all the way down to 24A before finding the first answer, and after the “first … Read more >>
With only four solutions entered during my first, quick pass through the clues I thought this one was going to be tough but thereafter I made steady progress and was able to complete … Read more >>