Andrew

As seems to have become the norm when I contend with Picaroon, I made a slow start, but followed this with steady progress through to the end. I was able to guess, or … Read more >>

No rhyming couplets today, just a lot of very easy clues, including a large number of double defintions. There were a couple of words that I didn’t know, but even they didn’t detain … Read more >>

A fun puzzle from Paul today…                 …with lot of references (some of which I may have missed) to the King (Elvis Presley), and a side order of Queen. Thanks to Paul.   … Read more >>

I haven’t blogged a Brendan puzzle for a while, so it was a pleasant surprise to get this one. I spotted the theme (see below) early on, which was very familiar to me … Read more >>

Good entertainment from Paul as usual. Most of this went in fairly easily, though there are a couple of places where I’m not totally convinced by my explanations.           … Read more >>

A nice mixture of clues from Qaos in this one, with some easy ones to get me going and others that took a bit of working out. I have quibbles about a couple … Read more >>

Well, we know Rufus has his own style, but with (by my reckoning) 8 cryptic and 8 double definitions I think we can justifiably complain about a lack of clue variety in this … Read more >>

As seems to be usual when I solve a Picaroon puzzle, I started off thinking I was going to get nowhere with this one, but slow progress became a bit faster as I … Read more >>

It’s only just over two weeks since I blogged Nutmeg’s last cryptic puzzle (and there’s been a Quiptic in between as well)> I have no complaints about that: this puzzle is a bit … Read more >>

I’m sorry to say I didn’t find this very satisfying – as in previous Otterden puzzles there are some excessively obvious clues (e.g. 26a, 3d) and some rather dodgy constructions. There are some … Read more >>

Nutmeg has become quite a regular setter in the Cryptic seat recently. As she is perhaps better known as a Quiptic setter, I was expecting a fairly gentle ride this morning: maybe it’s … Read more >>

Once again a Rufus puzzle that is rather too heavy for my taste on the cryptic definitions (four of them, including a couple that seem barely cryptic) and double defintions (six, plus one … Read more >>