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This hit the spot for me. You? That said, the grid was a bit odd for a Quiptic, and I think one of the clues is faulty. Abbreviations cd … Read more >>
No themes, ninas, pangrams, special instructions or other funny stuff — just a straightforward down-to-earth cryptic. Thanks Paul, I enjoyed this.
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The crossword may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26206. Most of the left half fell in fairly readily; after that it was a struggle, culminating with the vicious 9D. The rain today has just got … Read more >>
Logodaedalus puzzles appear very rarely – the last one was August last year, which was over eighteen months after the previous one. The wordplay is, characteristically, very straightforward throughout, with a number of … Read more >>
I really enjoyed this, as is usual with Orlando. Lots of clever clues and surfaces – 9ac, 23ac, 4dn, 16dn and 21dn were my favourites.
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Once again a Rufus puzzle that is rather too heavy for my taste on the cryptic definitions (four of them, including a couple that seem barely cryptic) and double defintions (six, plus one … Read more >>
This felt rather more like a Prize puzzle than some of those we’ve had lately. It certainly took a little bit longer but I’ll resist saying that it caused me no end of … Read more >>
I’ve just started working a four-day week as part of a gradual progress to retirement: today is my first non-working weekday of this arrangement, and how better to celebrate it than by blogging … Read more >>
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The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26199. Apart from 3D, where I seem to be missing something, this is a typical Chifonie, straightforward and precise. Across 1. Help to retain wide deviation … Read more >>
I’m a big fan of Qaos’ puzzles. His first cryptic appeared just over two years ago and I blog once a week, yet this is the first of his to fall to me. … Read more >>
I was delighted to see that today’s puzzle was by one of my favourite Quiptic setters, and I wasn’t disappointed. Just the ticket for new solvers. Most of the definitions given are from … Read more >>
As expected, plenty of double/cryptic defs and neat surfaces from Rufus, with a few other nice clues thrown in. My favourites were 11ac, 13ac, 8dn and 9dn.