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Guardian 26,546 – Pasquale

Wed April 15, 2015 at 7:37 am by Andrew

This started off seeming quite a gentle ride by Pasquale standards, but I got a bit held up on the left-hand side by what I think is a rather unsatisfactory clue for 1d. … Read more >>

Guardian 26,539 – Paul

Tue April 7, 2015 at 10:46 amTue April 7, 2015 at 9:29 am by Andrew

Good fun as always from Paul, with a mini-theme around the two long answers. I got both of these early on, from the enumerations and a few crossing letters, and the rest didn’t … Read more >>

Guardian 26,532 – Rufus

Mon March 30, 2015 at 9:17 am by Andrew

I found this a little harder than usual for Rufus, getting a bit stuck towards the end in the SE corner, perhaps partly because of the unhelpful grid, but also enjoyed it more … Read more >>

An enjoyable and reasonably straightforward puzzle, though I made things harder for myself by careless entering a couple of vaguely-plausible but wrong answers early on. Thanks to Crucible There’s a theme of weather … Read more >>

Azed 2232 – Double Trouble

Sun March 22, 2015 at 12:01 am by Andrew

My Azed blogging has been perfectly synchronised with the appearance of specials recently – this is the fourth in a row that I’ve had to contend with. I was going to say that … Read more >>

Guardian 26,523 – Paul

Thu March 19, 2015 at 8:53 am by Andrew

I thought I was in a for an easy ride when the first two acrosses were write-ins; things slowed down after that, but I made steady progress and found it a satisfying solve. … Read more >>

Guardian 26,516 – Vlad

Wed March 11, 2015 at 9:07 am by Andrew

Another week, another new setter. Actually Vlad has appeared a couple of times as the setter of the Genius puzzle (including the current one), but I think this is his (?) first appearance … Read more >>

Guardian 26,509 – Screw

Tue March 3, 2015 at 8:58 am by Andrew

A new setter makes his Guardian debut, and a very promising one, with a good variety of sound clues. I found this quite hard, perhaps partly because I didn’t know what to expect, … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 140 – Paul

Sun March 1, 2015 at 12:05 am by Andrew

The special instructions seemed vaguely familiar, and after a bit of searching I found that the idea of the definition applying to the answer of a different clue was used a couple of … Read more >>

Guardian 26,502 – Rufus

Mon February 23, 2015 at 1:26 pmMon February 23, 2015 at 9:14 am by Andrew

Eleven cryptic definitions out of 26 clues? I think that must be a record, even for a Rufus puzzle; and some of them are rather weak, or otherwise satisfactory, as noted below. So, … Read more >>

Guardian 26,500 – Puck

Fri February 20, 2015 at 10:07 amFri February 20, 2015 at 8:49 am by Andrew

Some good Puckish fun today – nicely positioned in difficulty, but with a twist… … as well as some cross-referencing between clues, there’s a theme of clues that are, or use, some of … Read more >>

Guardian 26,493 / Tramp

Thu February 12, 2015 at 12:12 pmThu February 12, 2015 at 8:52 am by Andrew

I found this very hard, and a bit of a slog – I seemed to be staring at a virtually empty grid for ages. Even getting the long answer at 11,2 didn’t make … Read more >>

Azed 2226 – Playfair

Sun February 8, 2015 at 12:01 am by Andrew

I’m glad to see I’m not the only blogger who gets worried when landing on a Playfair puzzle. “I admit to a slight feeling of trepidation when I … noticed that it was … Read more >>

Guardian 26,486 – Shed

Wed February 4, 2015 at 2:25 pmWed February 4, 2015 at 9:29 am by Andrew

A good week for Guardian puzzles continues with a welcome return of Shed after a bit of a gap (his last weekday puzzle was last September). My first one in was 1a, and … Read more >>

Guardian 26,479 – Brendan

Tue January 27, 2015 at 12:25 pmTue January 27, 2015 at 8:42 am by Andrew

A very welcome return by Brendan after an absence of more than six months. I thought this was going to be a walkover after filling in the NW corner very quickly, but things … Read more >>