Guardian

Maybe our crossword ability is atrophying due to lack of practice, but we found this one really tough! (Normally we romp through Paul’s puzzles.) Anyway, this was a puzzle of the usual very … Read more >>

A few of today’s clues seem to have escaped from the Quiptic, but there were a couple of others whose parsing took a while to sort out. Lots of references to dances of … Read more >>

Bonxie only appears occasionally (four times last year) and so, with all the other puzzles I have solved in the interim, I could not remember his style and what to expect. I found … Read more >>

Once again, Rufus fulfils his brief to ease us into the crossword week. As always with Rufus, there are some clever anagrams, with lovely surfaces [1, 15, 22 and 26ac]. There are fewer … Read more >>

A bit of a challenge from Imogen today – another fine puzzle to end another very good week. A couple of unfamiliar words at 11ac and 3dn but, as always with this setter, … Read more >>

Boys and girls come out to play with Boatman today, with at least one of the two words occurring in about two thirds of the clues, and quite a few names in the … Read more >>

Well, this was a very agreeable start to the day. One of my favourite setters in top form and, I think, my first opportunity to blog one of her puzzles. What can one … Read more >>