Guardian Quiptic

As always, a good puzzle from Hectence.  However, it proved tricky and did appear for a while as the Guardian Cryptic on the paper’s website one day last week.  The Grauniad moves in … Read more >>

Interesting one in the Quiptic slot from Moley today.  What did you think?         Abbreviations cd  cryptic definition dd  double definition (xxxx)*  anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x]  letter(s) removed … Read more >>

Quite a toughie today, I thought, but you tell me otherwise.           Abbreviations cd  cryptic definition dd  double definition (xxxx)*  anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x]  letter(s) removed definitions … Read more >>

I liked this Quiptic from Pan, but found it tricky in places.       Abbreviations cd  cryptic definition dd  double definition (xxxx)*  anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x]  letter(s) removed definitions are … Read more >>

A nicely-judged Quiptic from Hectence, I thought.  There were a few that were difficult to parse, though.       Abbreviations cd  cryptic definition dd  double definition (xxxx)*  anagram anagrind = anagram indicator … Read more >>

Thanks to Beale, for a puzzle pitched at about the right level of difficulty for a Quiptic. Enjoyable, even if one had to wait almost a day for it. Definitions are underlined in … Read more >>

A bit tricky for a Quiptic, I thought.       Abbreviations cd  cryptic definition dd  double definition (xxxx)*  anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x]  letter(s) removed definitions are underlined Across 9  Case … Read more >>

Pan usually sets us an accessible Quiptic, but I have to say that I struggled with this today.  Nothing unfair, but if beginners were expecting a gentle one, this probably wasn’t it.   … Read more >>

To be fair, there were many standard Quiptic-like clues, but the cryptic-definition clues were, I thought, a bit over-, well, cryptic for a Quiptic. Notwithstanding all that, thanks to Anto. Definitions are underlined … Read more >>

A tricky little number from Hectence to start the New Year.  Apologies for the late blog, but it did take me a while to sort it all out.  And I’ve also got the … Read more >>

In the main a nicely-pitched Quiptic from Moley, but I do have one or two quibbles.       Abbreviations cd  cryptic definition dd  double definition (xxxx)*  anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x]  … Read more >>

I think this one meets the remit. Nothing too tricky so a reasonably quick solve for me, and I wouldn’t imagine that it would take that much longer for a relative newcomer to … Read more >>