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Guardian 26,629 – Shed

Tue July 21, 2015 at 10:49 amTue July 21, 2015 at 8:45 am by Andrew

I started off slowly on this one (for no obvious reason), but it yielded steadily, making a very enjoyable and satisfying solve. Thanks to Shed. Across 9. … Read more >>

A very characteristic Rufus puzzle, with lots of double and cryptic definitions. These can sometimes cause a bit of a hold-up, but I found this a very quick solve, with lots of write-ins. … Read more >>

Guardian 26,620 – Tramp

Fri July 10, 2015 at 12:57 pmFri July 10, 2015 at 8:33 am by Andrew

Tramp rounds off an excellent, if challenging, week in fine style with a puzzle teeming with references to Alfred Hitchcock and his films, though I think there’s only one place where knowledge of … Read more >>

Guardian 26,613 – Bonxie

Thu July 2, 2015 at 9:20 am by Andrew

We haven’t seen a lot of Bonxie lately – his last apeparance was in April, after a gap of a year and a half, so it’s perhaps difficult to get a feel for … Read more >>

Guardian 26,606 – Paul

Wed June 24, 2015 at 4:27 pmWed June 24, 2015 at 7:51 am by Andrew

I romped through most of this fairly quickly, with just a few hold-ups at the end. One word that was new to me, though easy to guess from the cue and crossing letters, … Read more >>

Azed 2244

Sun June 14, 2015 at 7:36 am by Andrew

A medium-difficulty Azed, I thought – I got through about three-quarters of it with not much trouble, and then took twice as long again to finish it off. Usual remarks about sound, high-quality … Read more >>

Guardian 26,592 – Rufus

Mon June 8, 2015 at 9:05 amMon June 8, 2015 at 8:13 am by Andrew

I found this a bit harder than usual for a Rufus, with a few quibbles, as detailed below. Thanks to the setter. Across 1. ATTACHE CASE Stick … Read more >>

Guardian 26,590 – Tramp

Fri June 5, 2015 at 9:38 am by Andrew

A welcome return by Tramp after a couple of months’ absence, and a very enjoyable – and quite challenging – puzzle … …based around the film Jaws, which is forty years old this … Read more >>

Guardian 26,583 – Brummie

Thu May 28, 2015 at 10:26 amThu May 28, 2015 at 8:06 am by Andrew

I took a while to get started on this, but then everything quickly fell into place, with just a delay at the end to get the (rather unhelpfully clued, I thought) intersecting pair … Read more >>

Guardian 26,576 – Paul

Wed May 20, 2015 at 11:28 amWed May 20, 2015 at 8:50 am by Andrew

I usually don’t have too much trouble with Paul’s puzzles these days, but I found this one hard to get started on, and then hard to finish. Looking back, there’s nothing particularly obscure, … Read more >>

Guardian 26569 – Otterden

Tue May 19, 2015 at 9:08 amTue May 12, 2015 at 9:13 am by Andrew

A few nice clues here, including some ingenious “subtractive anagrams”, and a mini-theme around the answer to 25d … … but in general I’m afraid this confirms my opinion of Otterden’s puzzles as … Read more >>

Guardian 26,562 / Chifonie

Wed May 13, 2015 at 8:33 amMon May 4, 2015 at 7:51 am by Andrew

Rufus gets a Bank Holiday break and Chifonie steps in from the bench, with a typically straightforward but elegant and well-constructed puzzle. Thanks to Chifonie. Across 1. … Read more >>

Azed 2238

Sun May 3, 2015 at 12:05 am by Andrew

After my run of specials, it’s almost a relief to have “just” a Plain Azed to blog. I didn’t get off too lightly, though: I did about three-quarters of this quite quickly and … Read more >>

Guardian 26,560 – Crucible

Fri May 1, 2015 at 8:45 am by Andrew

I got off to a quick start in the NW corner, but then slowed down somewhat, even with the help of the useful 4d. Quite an “arty” puzzle, with two writers and two … Read more >>

Guardian 26,553 – Puck

Thu April 23, 2015 at 1:18 pmThu April 23, 2015 at 9:25 am by Andrew

Some good Puckish fun, with a theme explained by one clue: I solved this one early on, and it was quite a help in getting some of the other answers. Thanks to Puck, … Read more >>