Holi is round the corner - and we are back with our customary Holi special crossword in Hindi. Kishore and I took upon ourselves a fun setting challenge for this puzzle: all clues as couplet… Read More

We have received your answers and your feedback to Prize Puzzle: Hindi Crossword 7. It is time to give out the solution, reflect on your responses, and announce the name of a lucky winner. … Read More

Guest article by Ashwin Bhandarkar (The regular readers of SoY are aware that Ashwin Bhandarkar is a BITS Pilani and IIM Calcutta alumnus and is an IT professional based in Pune. What makes… Read More

In a taxi in Jakarta, I found an abandoned newspaper with a crossword in Bahasa Indonesia on it. This was the first time I saw a crossword in Indonesian and I was pretty excited. The driver… Read More

I hit 'Publish' on the first post on Crossword Unclued seven years ago this day. Time does fly when you're having fun! 413 posts and counting… Much has changed in the online world i… Read More

What an experience! Putting together Holi ki Paheli (puzzle for Holi) has been exhilarating to say the least - exchanging over a hundred emails with the creative setters who wrote clues for… Read More

A few years ago, I was awestruck with the cleverness of this winning clue from the Azed Slip Archive: The jungly mass one cleaves (7) MACHETE [M (mass) +ACE (one)] cleaves i.e. holds… Read More

To interview someone long-familiar is tricky business - there is the risk of omitting questions we already know the answers to, or of veering into off-topic terrain. The lack of distant awe… Read More