Is it acceptable for people to ask for help with prize crosswords? If they can't solve a clue, don't you think they should refrain from entering? Surely any prize should go to someone who can actually...
Well that was a tad too straightforward! Admirable construction - let's take nothing away from that. But the clues lack something, cunning perhaps, that makes for a Listener. A good one for a busy...
Good Morning Everyone On my Telegraph puzzles on line it has Toughie Crossword #1, does anyone else have this or is there da reason for this, I thought the Toughie was from Tuesday through Friday. TIA...
The perimeter entries were a great help once the link between them became clear. The ungenerous checking is a serious obstacle when you've got letters latent, uncertain entry points and some very...
15d Renewed supply from vineyard filling retail complex (9) ????????L
2d US playhouse losing top conductor (6) ?E?T??
4d Old tape of phone calls removed from case (5) ?N?L?...
As someone who is *very* unlikely to be voting on the puzzle of the year through an endless series of transcription errors and the like, I was pondering my favourite puzzles of 2017. Looking back at...
A new setter, I believe and he really presented us with a challenge. I dislike Playfair almost as much as jumbles and am really happy that there are programmes that help on line. What a relief when we...
A very clever construction form Artix. Grid fill not too difficult, but making sense of the scissor work took a little bit of thought. Other than being aware of the title, I was not familiar with the...
