A satisfying and challenging puzzle from Picaroon for this week’s prize puzzle.
Guardian
Guardian 27,626 / Tramp
Well, I commented yesterday that it had been a great week. Who better than Tramp to round off an excellent run of weekday puzzles? If I’d never done a Tramp puzzle before, my … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,625 by Philistine
Found it tricky to get started, only really getting into it once I got a couple of the longer ones. A lot of nice clues – favourites 10/15, 12ac, 14ac, and 3dn. Thanks to Philistine.
Guardian 27,624 – Arachne
A nice surprise to get an Arachne for my first blog after a couple of weeks away in the Highlands (thanks to Loonapick and Teacow for keeping my seat warm). Lots of fun … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,623 by Nutmeg
A slightly easier than normal Nutmeg this morning…
Guardian Quiptic 984/Anto
One of the regular Quiptic setters, Anto, is on the oche this morning. Some of the arrows he/she has thrown at us are, only in my opinion of course, missing … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,622 by Vulcan
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27622.
Guardian Prize 27,615 by Paul
I found this pretty tricky. Usually with Paul once I get into his mindset the answers fly in, but not this time! Thank you Paul.
Guardian Cryptic 27,620 by Puck
Rhe puzzle may be found ar https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27620.
Guardian 27,619 / Paul
A fun puzzle from Paul this morning. Nothing too taxing but lots of interesting and innovative cluing, with several smiles to help things along.Thank you, Paul – I enjoyed it. … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,618 by Imogen
Found this a slow solve, with some tricky parsing and several bits of Googling required after the fact. Favourites 9ac, 11ac, 22ac, and 15dn. Thanks to Imogen.
Guardian Cryptic 27,617 by Qaos
Yay! A QAOS, and we all know what that means…
Guardian Quiptic 983 Carpathian
Thank you Carpathian. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Form of ID personal assistants wear (8) PASSPORT : PAS(plural of abbrev. for “personal assistant”) + SPORT(to wear;to have on a distinctive … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 27,616 by Chifonie
A short blog for a short solve…
Guardian Prize 27,609 / Philistine
For three of the last four years, on this particular day, Crucible has presented us with a puzzle themed on the Last Night of the Proms – and I’ve been lucky enough to … Read more >>