Thanks to Vulcan for today’s puzzle. A very quick solve for me, with only a handful of clues preventing it being a total write-in.
Andrew
Guardian 30,123: Brummie
Thanks to Brummie for today’s puzzle. Perhaps a touch above the usual Monday difficulty level, but nicely clued as ever.
Guardian 30,121: Omnibus
The usual rather mixed bag of clues from the mysterious Omnibus, with cross-references to 20 across providing a bit of a theme.
Gemelo 47
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.
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.