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Azed 2118

Sun January 13, 2013 at 12:01 am by Andrew

Another moderately easy Azed to start the new year, where I was helped by getting the long answer at 1d. Unusually I have a couple of nitpicks (15a and 21d) but apart from … Read more >>

Guardian 25,838 – Rufus

Mon January 7, 2013 at 12:29 am by Andrew

I guessed I was in for a quick solve on this when I got 1a and 5a, and then 10a and 11a, immediately, and so it proved, with most of the answers virtually … Read more >>

Guardian 25,834 – Philistine

Wed January 2, 2013 at 5:47 pmWed January 2, 2013 at 12:53 am by Andrew

This is Philistine’s eleventh Guardian puzzle, and the third one I’ve blogged – checking the history reminded me that the last one had a rather bizarre clue for TOUOUSE-LAUTREC. There’s nothing so quite … Read more >>

Guardian 25,829 – Gordius

Thu December 27, 2012 at 9:20 am by Andrew

Due to post-Christmas activities today’s blog is rather rushed and abbreviated – apologies for any errors or omissions. Standard Gordius stuff, I think, though with the pressure of time I haven’t considered it … Read more >>

Guardian 25,825 – Puck

Fri December 21, 2012 at 9:53 amFri December 21, 2012 at 9:06 am by Andrew

Some tricky stuff here from Puck – I took a while to get going on this, and even when a lucky guess gave me the crucial 26,16 there was still some work to … Read more >>

Guardian 25,818 – Paul

Thu December 13, 2012 at 12:26 pmThu December 13, 2012 at 9:21 am by Andrew

Yes, it’s me for the second time this week, standing in for scchua, who is away. It was a bit of a surprise to get Paul today after Araucaria yesterday, but a pleasant … Read more >>

Guardian 25,815 – Rufus

Mon December 10, 2012 at 9:35 am by Andrew

I’m not usually one of Rufus’s biggest fans, but I enjoyed this one, as I thought it had a nice variety of clue types, and as always some excellent surface readings. As usual, … Read more >>

Guardian 25,811 – Brummie

Wed December 5, 2012 at 10:29 amWed December 5, 2012 at 8:43 am by Andrew

I took a while to get started on this, but one of my earlier answers was 11, which led me to 22 and 4,26, after which the rest followed without too much difficulty. … Read more >>

Azed 2112

Sun December 2, 2012 at 7:57 amSun December 2, 2012 at 12:01 am by Andrew

The first thing that struck me about this puzzle was the unusually open grid, with wide open unbarred spaces, especially in the NE and SW corners. The two 13-letter across answers have only … Read more >>

Guardian 25,807 – Paul

Fri November 30, 2012 at 8:56 am by Andrew

An absolute delight from Paul today. No theme that I can see, nor even any Paulian smut, just a collection of high-quality clues. I found it quite hard, but with a few easier … Read more >>

Guardian 25,801 – Gordius

Fri November 23, 2012 at 12:46 am by Andrew

This was mostly pretty easy, with a lot of write-straight-in answers. Some clues are fine, but as is often the case with Gordius a significant proportion them don’t stand up to close scrutiny. … Read more >>

Guardian 25,791 – Rufus

Mon November 12, 2012 at 9:59 amMon November 12, 2012 at 8:58 am by Andrew

A typical Rufus, with the usual helpings of cryptic and double definitions, but also (I think) rather more anagrams than usual: these and others gave me a good start, letting the rest be … Read more >>

Guardian 25,787 – Philistine

Wed November 7, 2012 at 11:17 amWed November 7, 2012 at 12:52 am by Andrew

A puzzle of varied styles from Philistine, with clues ranging from the conventional, almost banal (e.g. 9ac, 10ac, 19ac) to the devious 17dn and the bizarre 1dn. Fortunately the easy ones provided enough … Read more >>

Guardian 25,782 – Orlando

Sun November 4, 2012 at 2:46 pmThu November 1, 2012 at 12:52 am by Andrew

This somehow didn’t feel like a typical Orlando while I was solving it, especially with the long answer at 5,11,18, which is more the sort of thing one expects from Araucaria or Paul. … Read more >>

Guardian 25,777 – Araucaria

Fri October 26, 2012 at 9:19 am by Andrew

A day for childhood reminiscences… (see end of post for spoiler – for some reason I couldn’t stop it appearing in the preview when I put it here…) … Read more >>