Never knowingly undersolved
I said yesterday that I was rather disappointed not to get Crucible’s puzzle to blog. And now here’s a cracker from another of my top favourite setters, on top form, sparkling with his … Read more >>
Fairly straightforward, except for…
Monday Prize Crossword / Jan 4, 2016
I know, Dante is not the hardest of setters but this was perhaps my fastest solve ever.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 2, 2016
Easy and difficult by turns, but enjoyable all the way through. Thank you Chalmie.
Very enjoyable – favourite was 12ac, but there were many excellent clues. Thanks Crucible.
It’s Wednesday, it’s Dac – What else can we say? Another excellent puzzle! 1 Attack viciously? Proceed towards jail, having broken a rule wrongly (2,3,3,7) GO FOR THE JUGULAR GO FORTH (proceed … Read more >>
Preamble: Three unclued entries have been adversely affected by a plethora of thematic answers which have caused so much confusion that their own clues have become muddled, each giving the wordplay for one … Read more >>
This was 1ac to solve…
Another excellent puzzle from Nutmeg, which started seeming a bit impenetrable, but yielded steadily and satisfyingly. Thanks to this gem of a setter. Across 1. THROUGH TRAFFIC … Read more >>
It has been a while since it has fallen to me to blog a Punk crossword, so I was rather looking forward to getting stuck into this one. And Punk certainly did not … Read more >>
A very nice puzzle from a compiler who is fairly new to the Indy. It was quite accessible but had some neat bits of misdirection and some well-hidden definitions, 11 down being my … Read more >>
What can one say? Just what we know we are going to get from Rufus on a Monday. A gentle start to the week with not too much wordplay to ponder over. . … Read more >>
I daresay, relatively speaking, I spent more time on this than most Cryptics. Thanks to Anto. I recall that commenters (mostly) rounded on this setter in his/her previous outings. Déjà vu! Definitions are … Read more >>
A funny sort of week, at least in my experience. I don’t ever time solving, but I do sometimes take the paper to the pub where I find the imperial pint to be … Read more >>