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An interesting and absorbing literary offering from Brendan today, with ingenious interweaving of clues and elegant and witty surfaces, as ever. Knowing Brendan, I’m rather worried that there may be more going on … Read more >>
If you were here earlier looking for the blog, you will have seen that I posted a note to say that this morning’s Quiptic had not yet been published on the Grauniad website … Read more >>
The online version of the crossword hasn’t yet appeared, so I’ve had to solve and blog in a bit of a rush. Favourite today was 11dn. Thanks, Rufus.
Edit: the crossword is now available online on the Guardian website
A relatively easy Genius, or so I found, with plenty of simple entry clues peppered around the grid to enable a foothold to be gained. Given that 10ac was unclued, and a key … Read more >>
I found this tricky, it was hard work all the way through to the end. Very enjoyable work though, thank you Puck.
Nicely clued and quickly solved for the most part, held up by a few obscurities. Favourite was 2dn – thanks, Pasquale.
A nice puzzle from Qaos to welcome us to June.
Nutmeg’s Wednesday offering was challenging, but fun and fair.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27210.
A bit of a collector’s item – Pasquale in the Quiptic slot. In his various avatars, he has the ability to turn the heat up or down; here it was a very gentle simmer, … Read more >>
It’s a Bank Holiday but no Monday off for Rufus. A characteristic blend of [some not very] cryptic and double definitions and several really good anagrams, particularly 10 and 18ac and 3dn. Thank … Read more >>
For me, this was the most enjoyable Paul puzzle in a long time. On the first run through, I got none of the across clues and so it seemed it was going to … Read more >>
An enjoyable Paul puzzle to end the week. On ‘ordinary’ [non-blogging] days, I go through the clues in order, parsing as I go. This morning, I was slightly worried to realise that I … Read more >>
As usual from Chifonie, not too difficult, nicely clued, and fun to solve. Favourite 19dn.
I found most of this puzzle to be relatively straightforward but was delayed a little by the last two or three entries, particularly 1dn which I’d never heard of before. It’s a pangram, but … Read more >>