Never knowingly undersolved
Although Philistine has been setting in the Guardian since July 2011, I don’t ever seem to have blogged one of his puzzles, at least not for some time. But better late than never, … Read more >>
A tricky little number from Don today.
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26671.
A welcome appearance in the Quiptic slot of every solver’s favourite Spice Girl.
This is the first Monday Guardian cryptic that I have solved for many, many months but I see that Rufus is still following his remit of providing a puzzle suitable for beginners and … Read more >>
A musical theme for this August’s bank holiday special from Maskarade, which was much easier than the epic he devised for us last year.
What an end to the week! – Arachne’s back again with a sparkling puzzle, bursting with wit, with an ingenious collection of clue types and not a dud one among them. Just a … Read more >>
Do you know that bench that elderly people sit on in the park, waiting for something to happen? Well, I have been called off it again to substitute for a blogger who has … Read more >>
This looked rather impenetrable at first, but I was lucky to guess the key phrase at 2d etc early on, which gave lots of crossing letters as well as a hint to other … Read more >>
First Brummie for me for a while, found this a bit tricky in places, but I think it’s all ok now.
A fine Quiptic from Pan, as usual. I do wish the Quiptic setters would stop using this stupid Guardian grid, though. It’s got so many entries with less than 50% checking and is … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26664.
A most enjoyable puzzle and a good level of difficulty for a prize: enough to be satisfying but also solveable by ‘mere mortals’ so that everyone can have a chance at the entering prize draw if they wish to. Thanks Otterden.
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26662.