Never knowingly undersolved
A strong week of Guardian puzzles continues with another great offering from Picaroon. The four long down answers in this grid are either a big help if you can solve them early on, … Read more >>
Day 24 in the Lockdown House, and your blogger is trying to keep his spirits up…
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28107. A sparkling puzzle for these dark times from Imogen, with much humour, anchored by the pair of rather improbable quotes at 9A and 25A (which puts … 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 a real treat to see Brendan on a Monday. A bit more of a challenge than usual, perhaps, but I hope those who prefer a ‘gentle start to the week’ won’t be … Read more >>
A fiendishly clever puzzle by Paul – but no prizes! I think that this was the first Saturday puzzle for which no prizes are to be awarded, presumably because the office is in … Read more >>
Paul rounds off the week with a mixture of straightforward clues to get us started and some more challenging ones to make us think. It took a few minutes to get started – … Read more >>
Lots of fun with some very nice misdirection – favourites were 14ac, 20ac, 23ac, 5dn, and 15dn. Thanks to Nutmeg
Qaos has a tendency to be somewhat “liberal” with his cryptic grammar at times. I don’t usually complain about this, but there seems to be rather more of it than usual here, with … Read more >>
I always struggle with Vlad puzzles, and this was no exception.
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 >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28100. I try not to be negative, but the best I can say here is that it was over quickly. Three cryptic definitions about which Rufus might … Read more >>
The March Genius is one of the hardest puzzles I have encountered in this series of puzzles. The changes used to get from defined answers to treated answers were more … Read more >>
I found this entertaining, a nice variety of clues. Thank you Philistine. ACROSS 9 HERMITAGE Tradition to include prom finale in retreat (9) HERITAGE (tradition) contains (to include) proM (final letter) 10 … Read more >>
The puzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28098. A tough end to the week’s Guardians, with two &lits, both rather tortured (as &lits tend to be), and a couple of definitions which look doubtful … Read more >>