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Guardian Quiptic 830/Anto

Mon October 12, 2015 at 9:57 amMon October 12, 2015 at 9:24 am by Pierre

This is Anto’s fourth Quiptic. I have blogged two of the previous three, and I really hope that one of our other Quiptic bloggers gets the next one, because I really can’t find … Read more >>

Independent 9046/Lohengrin

Mon October 12, 2015 at 7:30 am by Pierre

This is Lohengrin’s first appearance in the Indy; he has had one puzzle published in the Independent on Sunday, which it also fell to me to blog. I found this a bit clunky, … Read more >>

Everyman 3599

Sun October 4, 2015 at 1:58 pmSun October 4, 2015 at 8:02 am by Pierre

If I had a brain, I would be dangerous. Tuned in to Fifteensquared this morning to see what folk made of last week’s Everyman, discovered the blog wasn’t there and suddenly realised that … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 828/Pan

Mon September 28, 2015 at 6:42 am by Pierre

The lunar eclipse was awesome. Was this Quiptic awesome? Perhaps not, but I’m only your ‘umble blogger. I wouldn’t pay too much attention to my opinion of this puzzle, since I’ve been up … Read more >>

Independent 9028/eXternal

Fri November 22, 2019 at 9:29 amMon September 21, 2015 at 7:30 am by Pierre

For me, a bit of a mixed bag this morning. I’ve given up on the Monday Indy being ‘the easy one’, and of course apart from custom, there’s no reason why it should … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1334/Nitsy

Sun September 20, 2015 at 1:05 amSun September 20, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pierre

Just like buses … you wait ages for one and then another one comes along straight afterwards. We hadn’t seen Nitsy for ages in the Indy until his puzzle a couple of weeks … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 826/Moley

Mon September 14, 2015 at 8:01 am by Pierre

Moley produces a Quiptic for us only once every couple of months, but her puzzles often turn up on my watch. Which is no hardship at all. She’s good, you know. I thought … Read more >>

Everyman 3595

Sun September 6, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pierre

Another excellent offering from Everyman. I enjoyed solving and blogging this one, partly because it has given me the chance to chunter on about a couple of pieces of English usage that are … Read more >>

Guardian 26667/Tramp

Thu September 3, 2015 at 2:16 pm by Pierre

Do you know that bench that elderly people sit on in the park, waiting for something to happen? Well, I have been called off it again to substitute for a blogger who has … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 824/Pan

Mon August 31, 2015 at 8:31 am by Pierre

A fine Quiptic from Pan, as usual. I do wish the Quiptic setters would stop using this stupid Guardian grid, though. It’s got so many entries with less than 50% checking and is … Read more >>

Independent 9010/Hob

Mon August 31, 2015 at 8:06 amMon August 31, 2015 at 7:30 am by Pierre

On checking I find that Hob has mainly contributed the Indy Saturday Prize puzzles, or a Thursday ‘hard one’. It’s Bank Holiday, of course, so perhaps the Ed thinks we have a bit … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1330/Lohengrin

Sun August 23, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pierre

I think we have a debut puzzle here from Lohengrin. There seem to have been a few new setters in the Indy of late, so well done to the Ed for encouraging new … Read more >>

Independent 9001/Morph

Thu August 20, 2015 at 6:30 pmThu August 20, 2015 at 4:51 pm by Pierre

Called off the bench as substitute again because the scheduled blogger(s) didn’t post, so apologies for a fairly terse blog. I really enjoyed this one, as almost always with a Morph puzzle. He … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 822/Anto

Mon August 17, 2015 at 6:53 am by Pierre

This is Anto’s third Quiptic, and it’s fair to say that his/her first two – on Fifteensquared at least – did not receive universal acclaim. There were several very good clues in here, … Read more >>

Everyman 3591/2 August

Sun August 9, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pierre

Fine puzzle from Everyman. Just right for this slot. I liked this one a lot: I think our not so new setter is getting into his stride. Most of the clues don’t take … Read more >>