Andrew

A very ingenious construction from Picaroon, where the word “play” (or a variant) occurs in every single clue, used in a variety of ways. I found this in the Goldilocks zone of difficulty … Read more >>

I’d been thinking that some of Chifonie’s recent puzzles had been getting slightly more difficult, but this one is back to his old style, with lots of easy charades and anagrams, so it … Read more >>

Only two “pure” cryptic definitions from Rufus today, but a couple of double defs that only just count as double. Quite a few anagrams too, which helped to make this a very quick … Read more >>

I had fewer niggles than in previous Otterden puzzles, but I still found this hard work. With exactly half the answers having “8” as their definition – some of those being rather obscure … Read more >>

Good fun from Qaos today (despite a couple of niggles). His puzzles usually have a hidden theme of some kind: I can’t see anything in this one, but I may well have missed … Read more >>

A very satisfying puzzle from Philistine today, with lots of clues that seemed impenetrable at first but gradually yielded, including a few where the letters of the answer literally appear in the clue, … Read more >>

Once again the crossword has not (yet) been published properly on the Guardian website, though fortunately for me the PDF version is available here. After that difficulty, I had to struggle with Vlad, … Read more >>

It’s Monday, it’s Rufus, we know what to expect – a generous supply of double and cryptic definitions (five of each today). Thanks to the setter. By the way, I see the Guardian … Read more >>

This puzzle has still not been published on the Guardian site – I’ve been hanging back hoping it would appear, but no joy yet. There’s a pdf version here, but, as the setter … Read more >>

A few of today’s clues seem to have escaped from the Quiptic, but there were a couple of others whose parsing took a while to sort out. Lots of references to dances of … Read more >>

Boys and girls come out to play with Boatman today, with at least one of the two words occurring in about two thirds of the clues, and quite a few names in the … Read more >>

Another excellent puzzle from Nutmeg, which started seeming a bit impenetrable, but yielded steadily and satisfyingly. Thanks to this gem of a setter.             Across 1. THROUGH TRAFFIC … Read more >>