Never knowingly undersolved
After the lunch in Wolfson College, Oxford, last Saturday to celebrate number 2250, we were lucky enough to be invited back to Azed’s house (and wonderful garden) for tea and cake. I asked him … Read more >>
I did enjoy this one, but there was some stuff in it which was certainly tricky for an IoS puzzle. Which is blogger-speak for ‘I can’t parse one or two’. … Read more >>
the puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3589.
I know I’m not the only one to be sorely missing Saturday ‘Araubeticals’ [© Muck] and it was a real joy to find this one from Puck, one of my favourite setters. It … Read more >>
So, how did you get on with this particular Rorschach test? Did you see a beautiful pattern; was there some deep psychological revelation; or was it a ‘blot’ on your week?! I found … Read more >>
A new setter for me to blog – we’ve got 7 clashes, extra letters in the wordplay, three semicircles to draw and some names to find – Maybe I will come to a … Read more >>
Phi’s usual nice crossword. He is good at making a clue not all that easy to solve; yet once one has done it and is looking back, it is often quite obvious. I found nothing controversial here, although I nearly elicited a whole lot of responses explaining how 16dn worked.
Definitions in italics.
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26632.
A familiar face this Friday with the return of the Don. Genial puzzle, with only a couple of clues that bothered me due to the fact that I didnt know these words existed. Typical smooth straightforward cluing for most part. Thanks Bradman, for stress-free passage today.
It was something of a surprise to see a Paul puzzle with a theme that was so overtly stated and that at first sight seemed rather daunting. Paul had a wealth of outlandish … Read more >>
We were awaiting an Io puzzle with some trepidation, as we’d been told that they could be very challenging. As there is no facility to cheat or check one’s guesses and reverse-engineer the solutions on the FT, there’s no safety net for the blogger. We found this a challenge in parts, but mainly because of what we see as vagueness of some of the clues and obscureness of some of the answers. On the other hand, there were some really clever clues to compensate.
This was a good Thursday challenge from Nestor, with several clues that got the old grey matter working overtime. We had to check some entries which we had not come across before … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword / Jul 13, 2015
Another enjoyable exercise by Crux, complete with some cross-references (which he does more often nowadays).
First time I have tried a Peto puzzle. Very smooth with good surface readings is what I thought. Thank you Peto.