A plain puzzle from Gemelo, with the usual collection of unfamiliar words to add to our vocabularies (and, at least in my case, to forget shortly afterwards). Thanks to Gemelo.
Andrew
Guardian 30,114: Pasquale
A satisfying puzzle, with some easier clues to get things moving, but some stings in the tail with the less-familiar words that are a trademark of this setter. Thanks to Pasquale.
Guardian 30,107: Brummie
It’s me again, with my scheduled blog this time. Thanks to Brummie for a typically entertaining puzzle. No theme that I can see, but you never know.
Guardian 30,106: Budmo
The scheduled blogger is unavailable, so here’s a quick rundown. I solved the puzzle first thing this morning: from what I remember it didn’t hold me up for long. Thanks to Budmo.
Guardian Genius 278: Glyph
The instructions started out clear, and conventional enough, but became rather more cryptic:
In six of the across and seven of the down clues, a word connected to an unclued entry must be removed. All other clues contain an extra letter; these indicate a framework. Only seven other cells obey the rules of the framework and provide the keys needed for the 15ac 30ac 7d. Thanks for playing.
Guardian 30,099: Anto
A puzzle that might have fitted well in the Quiptic slot, though with a couple of quirky “subtractive” clues. (However, I see that some commenters one the Guardian site found it challenging.. ah well.) Thanks to Anto.
Guardian 30,093: Vulcan
A generous supply of helpful anagrams made this easy to get into. Thanks to Vulcan.
Guardian 30,091: Brummie
Thanks to Brummie for an entertaining puzzle, with some helpful anagrams to get things moving.
Guardian 30,084: Qaos
Thanks to Qaos for another fun puzzle. I wonder if there’s any special going on…
Azed 2782
Azed’s change to appearing only monthly and the vagaries of the schedule mean that I haven’t blogged one of his puzzles since January, so I feel rather out of practice. Quite a lot of unfamiliar in this one, I thought, but all fairly clued as ever, though there seems to be an error in 9 down, unless I’m misunderstanding (quite possible, of course). Thanks to Azed.
Guardian 30,070: Pangakupu
Thanks to Pangakupu for another expertly-crafted puzzle.
Guardian 30,063: Alia
A good puzzle for those that like an easy Monday, with quite a few write-ins, but all nicely clued. There’s an error in one clue that may be updated at some point (and has been). Thanks to Alia.
Guardian 30,061: Vlad
Some tricky clueing here, as one would expect, including a couple of rather unconventional structures. Thanks to Vlad for the challenge.
Guardian 30,054: Brendan
Brendan has been showing up a lot lately, which I for one have no complaints about. All his usual ingenuity is on display here, though perhaps with rather more double definitions than some would like. Thanks to Brendan for the puzzle.
Guardian 30,047: Fed
A very enjoyable and ingenious puzzle from Fed. Most of it went in pretty smoothly, though for some reason the NW corner help me up at the end. Thanks to Fed for the entertainment.