A gentler test than last week, that's for sure. The penny dropped with most of the right hand side of the grid filled - a nice treatment of a familiar theme.
Great fun, thank you Serpent. We filled the lower half with little difficulty but had a struggle to complete the 'upper part'. Definitely one for the men this time. It was more difficult than last...
A nice puzzle, with a decent sprinkling of straightforward clues to get one started. I was lucky in getting the last few acrosses and the first few downs at an early stages, and that gave me a great...
cryptic clue for tool but went back to gold(5) places around Britain 3 mattock right ,not tea we hear (7) 16 chopped herbs say (8) 17 short instrument gets the Spanish extra (8) 28 inflate that lady's...
(iv) clues containing compound anagrams that omit the second anagram indicator. Consider this recent example from an experienced setter: Corral terrible reptilian - no pet (4,2) Without the second...
Just a brief note to say that if anyone requires either a Sunday Times Cross 14k gold Ball Pen awarded as the prize in their cryptic crossword or a Daily Telegraph logoed Fountain Pen awarded for...
I was a bit later than usual getting started (shopping -- AARGH!) so was glad to find a reasonably straightforward puzzle from Ferret. Thank you, that was fun....
The title just about sums up my feelings about this one: sorry, Stick Insect, but I was hardly into gear before I finished. Perhaps we'll see a few newcomers to the Listener fold encouraged by an...
Hurrah - a relatively easy solve after last week's more difficult offering, so no interruption to tomorrow's Eurovision! I rather liked the final PDM. Thanks Aedites.
Was a bit upset to have to put the latest Magpie (plug, plug) aside, but lo and behold - it's a Magoo ! With just a couple of clues to go, the light has dawned and the penny has hit the ground. Just a...
Last one - I can only see two options neither of which seems to have anything to do with the clue:
Handmade, its said, for Rachel (6)
I have _I_H_H. Options are eighth or highth...
13A Crustacean exists with nothing in the way of a shell - I?o?o? 11D Awful stinker, about 100 were afflicted - ?e???k?n 17A More curious question in a true fashion - ?u???t?r 19D From Pythagoras to...
