Guardian Quiptic

A fine Quiptic from Arachne – everything clearly clued, a good range of devices, no obscurities, and some wit thrown in for good measure.  I’m sure others will have enjoyed this as much … Read more >>

Assuming that many Quiptic solvers are also Cryptic ones and considering that I won’t be blogging a Cryptic until next week, here are apologies to you for my absence last Thursday.  I was … Read more >>

Nutmeg once again gives us a puzzle which is just right for the Quiptic genre. The usual variety of clues with nothing that should be beyond the newer solver. I look forward to … Read more >>

Moley gives us a pleasant variety of devices clueing mostly familiar word – which fills the Quiptic description very adequately. Across 7. Tribunal to convey suit (9) COURTSHIP A charace of COURT (‘tribunal’) … Read more >>

It’s a Quiptic, Jim, but not as we know it …  It might have just been a bad day at the office for me, but this was harder than many a Guardian cryptic … Read more >>

A typical Orlando Quiptic, compact clues, mainly cryptic/double definitions and anagrams, and all easily enjoyable.  Thanks Orlando.  Definitions are underlined in the clues.  [[The pictures at the bottom each has an unidentified link to … Read more >>

Not a puzzle that I can say I enjoyed, and it wasn’t helped by a couple of errors and a typo. I look forward to your comments. Most of the definitions given are … Read more >>

A pleasing Quiptic from Nutmeg, but she has included a number of cryptic definitions, which I found slightly tricky.  Overall though, a well-constructed puzzle, with just one clue that I can’t quite get … Read more >>

The only Moley Quiptic I have blogged was also my first on 15sq.  I don’t recall the details of the first, except that it was quite straightforward, and today’s is the same.   Thanks … Read more >>

One of the harder Quiptics that I have reviewed, but there are plenty of different types of clue utilised. I look forward to your comments. Most of the definitions given are from Chambers … Read more >>

I found this slow going at first, because of the lack of answers which leapt out at me, but it came out handily in the end. Across 1. Attack garden pest with empty … Read more >>

A couple of surprises when I opened up this morning’s puzzle: a new setter, and a theme.  I can’t ever remember there being a themed Quiptic before (although there was a hidden message … Read more >>

This was one of the very much easier Quiptics.  Thanks Orlando, for the double and cryptic definitions and anagrams, and for the absence of obscure words, whether dialect, slang, English or foreign. Definitions are … Read more >>

I must remember to do the lottery on Saturday, as this must be my lucky week – my second Arachne Quiptic in succession!  Perhaps a little harder than some Quiptics, but the smile … Read more >>