Guardian – Page 187 – Fifteensquared

Guardian Cryptic 27,924 by Philistine

Thu September 12, 2019 at 9:47 am by manehi

Fun and funny – lots of favourites including 9ac, 14ac, 1dn, 5dn, 15dn, 18dn, and 22dn. Thanks to Philistine

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Guardian 27,923 – Imogen

Wed September 11, 2019 at 8:06 am by Andrew

Apart from a few easy clues that got me started, I didn’t seem to be on Imogen’s wavelength at all this morning, and found this quite a struggle. One partially defective clue, I … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 27,922 by Pasquale

Tue September 10, 2019 at 7:23 am by loonapick

Pasquale provides a head-scratcher for us this morning.

Guardian Quiptic 1,034/Hectence

Mon September 9, 2019 at 9:27 amMon September 9, 2019 at 8:34 am by Pierre

The Quiptic is 20 years old in November and Hectence was one of the first setters back in the early days. She should be good, shouldn’t she? Let me tell you something: she … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 27,921 by Arachne

Fri September 13, 2019 at 3:24 amMon September 9, 2019 at 4:20 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27921.

Guardian 27,914 / Paul

Sat September 7, 2019 at 12:01 am by mhl

This took a few sittings over the week for us to finish, but it was a very enjoyable process – lots of silliness and lovely surface readings. Thanks, Paul! Across 9. Big comedown … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 27,919 by Paul

Fri September 6, 2019 at 3:06 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27919.

Guardian 27,918 / Vlad

Thu September 5, 2019 at 4:41 pmThu September 5, 2019 at 9:52 am by Eileen

Vlad provides this morning’s challenge. The puzzle contains trenchant comment, in both clues and answers, on our current woeful situation, in Vlad’s inimitable style. There’s some very clever cluing and ingenious devices – … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 27,917 by Nutmeg

Wed September 4, 2019 at 9:20 am by manehi

An enjoyable puzzle with some very nice surfaces and cluing. Favourites were 14ac, 26ac, 3dn, 5dn, 16dn, and 20dn. Thanks to Nutmeg.

Guardian 27,916 – Puck

Tue September 3, 2019 at 11:12 amTue September 3, 2019 at 7:27 am by Andrew

This mostly slipped in very quickly, though there were a couple of parsings that took me a while.

Quiptic 1,033 by Anto

Mon September 2, 2019 at 11:29 amMon September 2, 2019 at 9:39 am by newmarketsausage

Anto’s turn in the Quiptic slot this week.

Guardian Cryptic 27,915 by Vulcan

Mon September 2, 2019 at 7:49 amMon September 2, 2019 at 7:04 am by loonapick

Vulcan starts the week off for us.

Guardian Genius 194 – Boatman

Sun September 1, 2019 at 9:44 amSun September 1, 2019 at 12:05 am by Andrew

As is often the case with Genius puzzles, the instructions were not particularly helpful at first glance, so it was just a case of trying to solve some clues, with or without the … Read more >>

Guardian Prize No 27,908 by Maskarade

Sat August 31, 2019 at 1:30 pmSat August 31, 2019 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

This was a Bank Holiday special from Maskarade with two grids and some misleading instructions.

Guardian Cryptic 27913 Qaos

Fri August 30, 2019 at 12:35 pmFri August 30, 2019 at 6:28 am by scchua

Thanks to Qaos, for a puzzle that started slowly. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 G Boycott breaks 24 — an astronomical event? (3,4) BIG BANG : [G + BAN(a boycott/an … Read more >>