Guardian

scchua is going to be occupied with other, more pressing matters for longer than he anticipated so here is my analysis of the clues. Unfortunately I don’t have time to explain some of … Read more >>

It’s Nutmeg here to brighten our Wednesday. I’ve had to rewrite this preamble, as I solved the puzzle in my newspaper and was disconcerted to find an unfortunate error in the clue for … Read more >>

After wrongly predicting a Paul on Friday last week, my psychic powers returned today when they told me I’d be blogging a Vulcan. I’m afraid I can’t summon up much enthusiasm for his … Read more >>

Paul has had a bit of a delve into his box of tricks for this week’s Prize puzzle. I found this rather slow going at first, with nothing entered in the bottom half … Read more >>

I was confidently expecting a Paul puzzle this morning, so it was a surprise to see Maskarade, who appears only rarely outside the bank holiday specials. In general I found this one pretty … Read more >>

Perhaps it’s because I haven’t done a Picaroon for some time, but it took me some time to get going. Thanks to Picaroon for the workout. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across … Read more >>

A welcome return for Shed – we haven’t seen him over here since last July but he was in the FT as Dogberry last month, so I hope we’re going to see him … Read more >>

I haven’t solved a Puck puzzle in a while, so this was a pleasant reminder of why I like this setter: Puck’s crosswords are always witty and fun to solve. There’s a couple … Read more >>