Never knowingly undersolved
I’m used to being delightfully led up the garden path by Puck and this time he did it good and proper – a real double bluff, as far as I ‘m concerned. I … Read more >>
Got into this quickly, then got a little stuck on the last few. Lots of nice (and typically Paul) clues – my favourite might be 24dn.
Perhaps a controversial theme in this one …
So after yesterday’s Brendan theme filled fun, we have a Chifonie, who has some surfaces to rival Dac’s in another place.
Moley has been setting Guardian Quiptic puzzles since 2000, so I think we could call her a regular. She has set us another good one today: not a write-in by any means, but … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26305. With the exception of 14D, which escapes me, Brendan has produced here a crossword which fits into the easy Monday slot without controversy, unless BANKSIA at 18D … Read more >>
I can usually finish a Genius puzzle in about an hour, 90 minutes at the outside, but this one took nearly a whole morning before the grid was filled, and I had to … Read more >>
I made hard work of this one, but it was enjoyable work. Thanks Picaroon.
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26303. I found this a bear, with several parsings which I have either misread or are to my mind stretched to breaking point.. I am generally impressed by … Read more >>
I’ve been chewing my pen, as it were, trying to compose a preamble for this puzzle and have decided to say simply that it’s a fairly typical Chifonie puzzle, I think – but, … Read more >>
I found this tough to get into, but rewarding once I did. Favourites were 1, 7 and 8 down.
I made pretty quick work of this: there are quite a few clues that either had giveaway definitions or made their cryptic structure rather too obvious (a common feature of Brummie’s clues). I … Read more >>
I’m not so sure about the ‘Qui….’ part of this puzzle but maybe that was due to the fact that I had slept longer than usual last night and perhaps my brain was … Read more >>
Well it’s Monday, it’s Rufus. You’ve probably got a good idea what’s coming.
There was a lot of fun to be had in this puzzle – a mixture of pretty straightforward clues [eg 12ac, 27ac, 1dn, 17dn], together with a number of anagrams to help things … Read more >>