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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 >>

Guardian Quiptic 820/Orlando

Mon August 3, 2015 at 11:03 amMon August 3, 2015 at 6:58 am by Pierre

We’ve not seen Orlando in the Quiptic for ages, but this is a very welcome return visit. Immaculately clued and perfect for this slot. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double … Read more >>

Independent 8980/mystery setter (update: it’s Raich)

Mon July 27, 2015 at 10:32 amMon July 27, 2015 at 7:30 am by Pierre

Bonjour! Not quite sure what’s occurring here, because in the online version it was unnumbered and the compiler wasn’t shown. So I hope I’ve blogged the right puzzle on the right day. A … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1326/Commoner

Sun July 26, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pierre

I did enjoy this one, but there was some stuff in it which was certainly tricky for an IoS puzzle. Which is blogger-speak for ‘I can’t parse one or two’. … Read more >>

Independent 8974/eXternal

Mon July 20, 2015 at 7:30 am by Pierre

A sound, workmanlike puzzle from eXternal. And I don’t mean to damn with faint praise when I say that. It was hard, though. The idea of the Monday Indy being the ‘easy’ one … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 818/Moley

Mon July 20, 2015 at 7:16 am by Pierre

Moley has produced a fine Quiptic for us this morning. Plenty of Easy Annies to get us going, then the rest clearly clued with some lovely surfaces. And as we have remarked many … Read more >>

Everyman 3587/5 July

Sun July 12, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pierre

It’s been a couple of months now since a new compiler took over the Everyman slot, so it’s probably time to stop comparing the current setter with the previous incumbent. I’ve blogged this … Read more >>