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This one took a bit of teasing out. Could just be my slightly sleepy brain this morning, so let’s see what others made of it. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad … Read more >>
An abundance of opportunities for me to add a link this week … … due to the many pseudonyms (or 15s or 17s) included in the grid, along with some real names in … Read more >>
It’s Paul rounding off a generally good week of puzzles. I found this fairly straightforward, to both solve and parse. There are some witty and ingenious clues – rather fewer of them, owing … Read more >>
A fun challenge – I especially liked 15dn, and other favourites were 10ac, 13ac, and 20dn. Thanks to Crucible.
I wouldn’t call this easy, exactly, but some well-constructed clues meant that I got through it quite quickly. Some political commentary raises its head, as often with this setter, with one particularly clever … Read more >>
Today’s Guardian setter is Anto.
Thank you to Carpathian. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Carpathian has achieved one-word definitions in all the across clues and in all but 3 of the down ones. Across 1. Second wine … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28549.
After another three-week absence, Paul returns to the Saturday slot – which puts him back once again in synch with my four-weekly Saturday blog. I reckon this must be my fastest-ever solve of … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28547.
Imogen sets the challenge today, with his customary medley of straightforward and some more tricky clues. My favourites were 9, 11,and 26ac and 10, 17 and 20dn. One bit of parsing (4dn) escapes … Read more >>
Found this slow at the beginning and smooth once I got going. Top favourite was 12dn, and I also liked 20ac, 24ac, and 23dn. Thanks to Brummie for the puzzle
A quick solve for me today, helped by…
Monday, Monday…and it’s Pan who appears in this morning’s Guardian.
You always know you will get a sound, fair and no-bells-and-whistles Quiptic from Pasquale. I’d be specially recommending this one to those who really are newish to the art of cryptic solving. … Read more >>