Never knowingly undersolved
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) Thanks to Pasquale for an enjoyable puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across … Read more >>
A simple crossword but vey fairly and clearly clued, with an American feel to some of the answers.
Monday Prize Crossword / Aug 3, 2015
Some may complain about all these cryptic definitions and the ample use of anagrams but Dante’s clue-writing is unique (whatever you think of it).
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 1, 2015
A somewhat racy puzzle from Loroso today. It is ages since I have had the pleasure of blogging Loroso, I hope he returns on another Wednesday soon. Thanks Loroso.
Most Wednesdays in the Independent are marked by a Dac crossword, so no surprise to find one today. As Dac crosswords go, I thought this was one of his less … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26648.
This is Schadenfreude’s fifty-ninth puzzle in the Inquisitor series and it really made me think. The preamble told us that thirteen clues include an extra word which has only one … Read more >>
Tuesady toughie – one I couldn’t complete, so thanks to Eileen for parsing 16dn.
The Independent has changed things on its website and — for the time being at least, and probably for much longer — I have to use a more primitive method of blogging, which … Read more >>
What a wonderful surprise to wake up and see the much-missed Arachne’s name on this puzzle! The trademark witty, story-telling surfaces and ingenious, intricate wordplay made for lots of smiles/laughs and ahas as … Read more >>
The Independent has changed its crossword (and other puzzles) format and location. The result is that Crossword Solver can no longer be used to download and print the puzzle. Another change is that … Read more >>
A 1-acrossly constructed puzzle by Crosophile which I found to be fairly difficult in places. Across 1. Nice to see gold suit put back in fancy blue wrapping (9) Beautiful Au + fit< … Read more >>
Great start to the week from Rufus, and slightly more difficult than usual. Favourites included 18ac, 3dn, 5dn and 6n.
Our favourite Dickensian returns to the Quiptic slot to pummel our dozy Monday morning brains.