A test area for 15squared
Chuffing Nora. I keep telling the editor and setters that I only decided to put my name down …
I liked this grid with words all the way round the border, it is a long while since I saw one of these. Good to have the minimum of black space on the grid, value for money!
There are a couple of clues where I don’t quite get the wording, even though I’m sure I have the correct answer. Thanks to Hypnos for an enjoyable Sunday solve.
Nestor has sometimes been described as one of the easier of the Saturday Independent setters. I guess these things are relative, as …
As expected, today saw my monthly tussle with Phi. I found this one quite tough, not least, I feel, because of the …
A good work out from Crosophile today. This puzzle was one for the horticulturalists with its homage to GARDENERS …
What new is there to say about Dac? Every clue tells a little story. I have misgivings about ‘provided’ as an anagram indicator in 4dn, and I suspect that there might be a typo in 12dn, since my suggestion is so simple that I can’t see why Dac didn’t do it that way (although now that I look more closely he may be right all along, the two words necessitating a verb without s; not sure about this — perhaps someone who knows about these things could drop in and tell us); but a small price to pay for a day of Dac.
Definitions underlined.
Firstly, many thanks to Gaufrid, who has been standing in for us while we were away. Hob definitely gave us the run-around …
The online version was a bit delayed today but it’s up now.
As always, a quality crossword from Poins, who must be thoroughly bored of me by now. Some quite challenging stuff in there …
Jambazi (a.k.a. Tramp) is one of my favourite setters and one I’d like to see more of in both the Indy and …
Today we have what on the face of it is a fairly standard puzzle from Phi Well that’s …
Rather a difficult Monk today I thought, but as usual very enjoyable. There are one or two loose ends which, thanks to the wisdom of those reading this blog, should be tied up before the end of the day.
And of course there’s the Nina, which I half saw and then forgot, to be reminded by Herb @1, who saw rather more than I did. The bottom row is a clear statement, so I looked at the top and couldn’t understand what was happening. All explained below. Very good. I can’t see why Herb thinks he hasn’t got it, for it clearly refers to the Russian novel.
Definitions underlined.
One or two unfamiliar words for me today. I think I have met 23ac before (but had forgotten it) but 17ac was …
The Tuesday slot is one that is occupied by a wide variety of setters, and this Tuesday we have the pleasure of …
I found this quite challenging and it took a couple of goes to complete it. However, once you saw the solution, most …