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Guardian 27,743 – Picaroon

Wed February 13, 2019 at 9:07 amWed February 13, 2019 at 8:26 am by Andrew

A typically enjoyable Picaroon puzzle, with a few tricky moments, but in general fairly straightforward. Thanks to Picaroon Across 9. CHIPOLATA Dash at a clip round horse, … Read more >>

Guardian 27,736 – Pasquale

Tue February 5, 2019 at 8:57 am by Andrew

This was very much a puzzle of two halves for me: I filled in all the right-hand side quite quickly, but the left took much longer. As usual with Pasquale we have a … Read more >>

Guardian 27,729 – Vulcan

Mon January 28, 2019 at 11:15 amMon January 28, 2019 at 8:30 am by Andrew

A typical Vulcan puzzle, with a lot of easy clues and some less-than-inspiring cryptic puzzles. As you might guess from that faint praise, it’s not greatly to my taste, but those who like … Read more >>

Guardian 27,727 – Chifonie

Fri January 25, 2019 at 11:21 amFri January 25, 2019 at 8:36 am by Andrew

Chifonie seems to have given up his regular Monday appearances, but even so it’s a surprise to see him on a Friday. Lots of very straightforward clues here, as usual, but there were … Read more >>

Guardian 27,720 – Imogen

Thu January 17, 2019 at 11:49 amThu January 17, 2019 at 8:45 am by Andrew

A few easier clues got me started, but generally I found this pretty hard. As one expects from Imogen, it’s all clearly and fairly clued in retrospect, though I have a couple of … Read more >>

Guardian 27,713 – Brummie

Wed January 9, 2019 at 8:02 am by Andrew

This all went in pretty quickly, apart from the NW corner, which took me longer than the rest put together. It’s always worth looking for a theme in this setter’s puzzles, and here … Read more >>

Azed 2429

Sun January 6, 2019 at 12:05 am by Andrew

It’s traditional for the last Azed of the year to be on the easy side, after the rigours of the Christmas special; so it was with this one, though it was by no … Read more >>

Guardian 27,706 – Philistine

Tue January 1, 2019 at 10:01 amTue January 1, 2019 at 7:32 am by Andrew

Philistine brings in the New Year with an entertaining puzzle.

Guardian 27,700 – Brendan

Mon December 24, 2018 at 10:31 am by Andrew

After Chifonie’s unexpected appearance on Thursday last week, I wondered who it would be today, so it was a delight and surprise to see Brendan’s name, as we last saw him only two … Read more >>

Guardian 27,698 – Crucible

Fri December 21, 2018 at 7:19 am by Andrew

This felt like a bit of a write-in at first, but some meatier clues slowed me down after a while. 25D helpfully points out that puzzle has a THEME, summarised by 9d, PARTS … Read more >>

Guardian 27,691 – Paul

Thu December 13, 2018 at 8:20 am by Andrew

I found this a bit of a curate’s egg, somehow lacking the Paul trademark wit; I wondered whether it might be (like another puzzle a few weeks ago) the result of one of … Read more >>

Guardian 27,684 – Picaroon

Wed December 5, 2018 at 8:21 am by Andrew

Another excellent puzzle from our favourite pirate, which revealed its secrets gradually and satisfyingly. Thanks to Picaroon. Across 1. INSURMOUNTABLE Cover put around album not working? It’s … Read more >>

Guardian 27,677 – Qaos

Tue November 27, 2018 at 8:56 am by Andrew

Mostly pretty straightforward clueing from Qaos today…

Azed 2423 – Eightsome Reels

Sun November 25, 2018 at 1:03 pmSun November 25, 2018 at 12:05 am by Andrew

Eightsome Reels is a special invented by Azed that he generally brings out about every couple of years. They can be a bit hard to get started on, as you need to do … Read more >>

Guardian 27,670 – Pan

Mon November 19, 2018 at 8:15 am by Andrew

I started off thinking this was going to be pretty much a write-in, but was held up in the SW corner with one obscure (to me) answer and one bit of rather tricky … Read more >>