Guardian – Page 294 – Fifteensquared

Quiptic 825 by Nutmeg

Mon September 7, 2015 at 1:11 pmMon September 7, 2015 at 9:18 am by newmarketsausage

A welcome appearance in the Quiptic slot of every solver’s favourite Spice Girl.

Guardian 26,670 / Rufus

Mon September 7, 2015 at 10:23 amMon September 7, 2015 at 7:43 am by Gaufrid

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 >>

Guardian Genius 146 – Qaos

Mon September 7, 2015 at 12:36 pmSun September 6, 2015 at 12:05 am by Andrew

Guardian Bank Holiday Special by Maskarade

Sat September 5, 2015 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

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.

Guardian 26,668 / Arachne

Fri September 4, 2015 at 9:21 am by Eileen

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 >>

Guardian 26667/Tramp

Thu September 3, 2015 at 2:16 pm by Pierre

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 >>

Guardian 26,666 – Imogen

Thu September 3, 2015 at 11:59 amWed September 2, 2015 at 7:35 am by Andrew

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 >>

Guardian 26 665 by Brummie

Tue September 1, 2015 at 9:49 am by flashling

First Brummie for me for a while, found this a bit tricky in places, but I think it’s all ok now.

Guardian Quiptic 824/Pan

Mon August 31, 2015 at 8:31 am by Pierre

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 >>

Guardian 26,664 by Rufus

Mon August 31, 2015 at 1:50 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26664.

Guardian Prize 26,657 by Otterden

Sat August 29, 2015 at 12:00 am by PeeDee

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.

Guardian 26,662 by Paul

Fri August 28, 2015 at 12:03 pmFri August 28, 2015 at 2:46 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26662.

Guardian 26,661 / Orlando

Thu August 27, 2015 at 5:02 pmThu August 27, 2015 at 9:42 am by Eileen

Hurrah! – Orlando returns to the cryptic slot after an absence of almost seven months and I’m lucky enough to be the blogger. Much of this was pretty straightforward, but with Orlando’s characteristic … Read more >>

Guardian 26,660 by Picaroon

Wed August 26, 2015 at 9:28 pmWed August 26, 2015 at 2:03 am by manehi

Nicely clued, challenging and fun, with some tricky surface misdirection. I particularly liked 27ac, 1dn, 2dn and 10dn. Thanks Picaroon.

Guardian 26,659 – Nutmeg

Tue August 25, 2015 at 1:39 pmTue August 25, 2015 at 7:35 am by Andrew

As is often the case with Nutmeg’s puzzles, I found this quite hard to get into, but in retrospect it’s all very clearly and soundly clued, so a satisfying and enjoyable solve. Thanks … Read more >>