Guardian Quiptic

(Apologies for late posting: there have been some issues with Fifteensquared’s website hosting today.) As usual, Hectence gets the level just right for a Quiptic, and many of the clues are good examples … Read more >>

Anto has the Quiptic for us this morning. I fancy we might be hearing ‘too hard for a Quiptic’, which I wouldn’t disagree with; but I thought it was also let down by … Read more >>

Thanks to Matilda. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Shed first tear in court over writing (6) SCRIPT : 1st letter of(… first) “Shed” + [RIP(to tear away forcibly) contained in(in) … Read more >>

Pan has the Quiptic for us this morning, and she has produced one to stretch newbies, I fancy. No doubt you will tell me if you agree or not. It is, as always … Read more >>

Carpathian provides another classic example of a Quiptic on this somewhat non-standard Bank Holiday. Concise clues with some good surfaces; I liked the port-swilling uncle in 14a, the cleverly-misleading old drawing in 5d, … Read more >>

It’s almost two years to the day since Pasquale last compiled a Quiptic for us. In the main cryptic slot in the Guardian, he is considered to be a fair but sometimes difficult … Read more >>

Thanks to Hectence for this nice Quiptic. Definitions are underlined in the clues. It’s a “pangram”: A to Y plus OMEGA, the last in a series, or Z in this case. Across 1 … Read more >>

Anto has produced a generally sound Quiptic for us this morning, which some newer solvers might have found a stretch in places. But if you’re doing the Quiptics to learn and improve then … Read more >>

Another enjoyable Quiptic from Matilda this morning. (Or last Thursday, for those who noticed it was erroneously published early under the Cryptic heading on the Guardian website.) The wordplay in 11a and the … Read more >>

Pan always provides ‘beginners and those in a hurry’ with a well-constructed and entertaining Quiptic. The NW corner took a bit of teasing out, but the whole puzzle fell out nicely in the … Read more >>

Thanks to Carpathian for a neat and enjoyable Quiptic. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Confront air conditioning price (6) ACCOST : AC(abbrev. for “air conditioning”) + COST(the price to pay … Read more >>

Hectence is a long-standing setter of the Quiptic and can always be relied on to produce an easy-end puzzle that fits the bill for those new to cryptics. This was a pleasing and … Read more >>

Anto is providing our entertainment today: mostly straightforward with a few tricky moments. I made steady progress with this, then realised I’d got absolutely nothing in the SW corner. That held out for … Read more >>

Always a pleasure when I see Matilda’s name on opening up the Quiptic. I found this an entertaining puzzle, with one or two clues requiring a bit of head-scratching; but it was all … Read more >>

Thanks to Carpathian for a good introductory crossword – quick and cryptic. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Rolling dice proven to show foresight (10) PROVIDENCE : Anagram of(Rolling) DICE PROVEN. … Read more >>