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Guardian ‘Prize’ Crossword 28,452 / Paul (22 May 2021)

Sat May 29, 2021 at 12:05 am by Gaufrid

A themed puzzle from Paul today which took me a little while to get into. On reading the clue for 7ac, I immediately jumped to 20/23dn which sent me to 14dn which returned … Read more >>

Categories Guardian 64 Comments

Financial Times 16,702 / Wanderer

Fri February 5, 2021 at 7:12 pm by Gaufrid

Apologies for the late appearance of this clue analysis. The scheduled blogger emailed me this morning to say that he would “post the blog quite late tonight”. I assumed that this meant his … Read more >>

Categories FT 5 Comments

Financial Times 16,682 / Aardvark

Wed January 13, 2021 at 3:09 pm by Gaufrid

The scheduled blogger hasn’t been able to be with us today, for one reason or another, so here is an analysis of the clues, with no further commentary from me. Across 1 A … Read more >>

Categories FT 13 Comments

Financial Times 16,662 / Redshank

Thu December 17, 2020 at 3:00 pm by Gaufrid

For some reason the scheduled blogger hasn’t been able to be with us today so here is an analysis of the clues. Across 1 Polo perhaps, and where it’s played (8,4) SWIMMING POOL … Read more >>

Categories FT 11 Comments

Guardian Genius 209 / Paul

Sun December 6, 2020 at 12:05 am by Gaufrid

This month we have another of Paul’s whimsical puzzles with which to do battle. Having read the preamble regarding possible book titles and authors, my first step was to highlight the clue numbers … Read more >>

Categories Guardian Genius 13 Comments

The Increase In Comments

Wed October 7, 2020 at 4:57 pmSat October 3, 2020 at 12:28 am by Gaufrid

Update (rather lengthy, sorry!)

My thanks to all those who have taken the time to provide their input. The feedback has been most useful.

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Categories Announcements 86 Comments

Guardian 28,204 / Shed

Wed August 5, 2020 at 3:30 pm by Gaufrid

For some reason the scheduled blogger has been unable to turn up today so here is an analysis of the clues. Please excuse any typos but cataract removal has made viewing my monitor … Read more >>

Categories Guardian 56 Comments

Guardian Genius 203 – Vlad

Sun May 31, 2020 at 12:05 am by Gaufrid

It’s the first Monday in May and up comes a most enjoyable tussle with Vlad. We were told that: Twelve thematic solutions are to be entered in the grid incompletely. Their clues contain … Read more >>

Categories Guardian Genius 18 Comments

Financial Times 16,418 / Bradman

Fri March 6, 2020 at 3:35 pm by Gaufrid

It would appear that Turbolegs is not going to be with us today so here is a quick analysis of the clues. . . Across 1 Hostile European male in charge of a … Read more >>

Categories FT 4 Comments

Independent 10,376 by Crosophile

Wed January 15, 2020 at 9:33 am by Gaufrid

It’s been a while since I’ve known in advance that I am going to be blogging a daily cryptic, so this makes a change from a last minute rush to cover for someone … Read more >>

Categories Independent 8 Comments

Guardian 28,020 / Pasquale

Fri January 3, 2020 at 3:07 pm by Gaufrid

Another no-show by the scheduled blogger so here is a very quick analysis of the clues (I should have been doing other things this afternoon). . . Across 1 Servant attending queen, maybe … Read more >>

Categories Guardian 51 Comments

The New Year Approaches

Fri January 3, 2020 at 6:05 pmTue December 31, 2019 at 12:00 pm by Gaufrid

Well, we’ve come to the end of another year and so it is time for me to thank the Fifteensquared blogging team for the time and effort they have put in during the … Read more >>

Categories Announcements 34 Comments

Guardian 28,013 / Qaos

Thu December 26, 2019 at 3:00 pm by Gaufrid

For one reason or another the scheduled blogger has not turned up today so I am a last minute stand-in. Qaos always has a theme and today it is 10ac plus the first … Read more >>

Categories Guardian 33 Comments

Financial Times 16,358 / Julius

Tue December 24, 2019 at 4:40 pm by Gaufrid

Apologies for the late appearance of this post. Due to the nature of this puzzle, the blogging utility that Grant uses to prepare his blogs would not work. He then had problems with … Read more >>

Categories FT 7 Comments

Guardian Genius 197 / Soup

Sun December 8, 2019 at 12:05 am by Gaufrid

A tricky one this month that took me far longer to solve than a puzzle in this series normally does. The instruction was clear enough: ll vwls hv bn rmvd frm bth cls nd … Read more >>

Categories Guardian Genius 32 Comments
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