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Guardian 26,122 by Brendan

Wed December 4, 2013 at 1:40 amWed December 4, 2013 at 1:05 am by manehi

Enjoyable without being too tricky, with a nice mini-theme. Favourite clues were 11ac, 18ac and 9dn. Across 1 A sailor lacking refinement said to get some military training (7,6) ASSAULT COURSE =”some military … Read more >>

Guardian 26,121 – Arachne

Tue December 3, 2013 at 9:40 amTue December 3, 2013 at 9:08 am by Andrew

A puzzle from the easy end of the Arachnid spectrum, apart from a couple that delayed me at the end, though no less enjoyable for that, being full of the usual spidery wit, … Read more >>

Guardian 26,120 by Rufus

Mon December 2, 2013 at 9:07 am by flashling

Typical Rufus crossword of cryptic and double definitions to start the week. Not much else to add but a welcome change of grid compared to the recent ones of his I’ve done. Across … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 733 / Nutmeg

Mon December 2, 2013 at 1:31 am by Writinghawk

As you probably discovered, having so many unchecked letters at the start of words makes a crossword a bit harder to start with, but the ‘unchecked’ first letters were really checked after all … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 125 / Paul

Sun December 1, 2013 at 3:11 pm by mhl

Quite typically, I forgot I was meant to be blogging the Genius puzzle this month, so we solved it in a rush this morning in order to get this post done. This was … Read more >>

Guardian Prize Puzzle 26,113 by Paul

Sat November 30, 2013 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

My solving partner Timon and I knocked this off in under an hour, but once we had the long anagram the rest slotted into place without much difficulty. As usual, Paul demonstrates a … Read more >>

Guardian 26118

Fri November 29, 2013 at 11:27 amFri November 29, 2013 at 10:15 am by scchua

This is a fitting tribute to the dear Araucaria, who has brought delight to many, me included, with his puzzles – RIP. This was no easy puzzle, and like many of Araucaria’s, I had … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 26,117 by Paul

Thu November 28, 2013 at 12:15 pmThu November 28, 2013 at 3:58 am by PeterO

Until the Guardian gets its act together, the puzzle may be found only in its PDF form, at http://static.guim.co.uk/crosswords/pdfs/gdn.cryptic.20131127.pdf. Sorry, wrong link,; but it should have read …20131128.pdf; but as of noon GMT, the puzzle is available also in its normal interactive form at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26117. Again, apologies – it was getting rather late when I finally got to writing up the preamble.

Guardian 26,116 / Crucible

Wed November 27, 2013 at 8:40 am by Gaufrid

I didn’t know I was going to be blogging today until after I got up and checked my emails. As it turned out, after yesterday’s sad news I got a distinctly eerie feeling … Read more >>

Guardian 26,115 by Philistine

Tue November 26, 2013 at 2:06 am by manehi

Found this fun, but struggled towards the end – I had to guess and look up 1ac and 10ac, and am pretty sure that I’m missing something about 19ac. Favourites were 12ac, 7dn … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 732/Hectence

Mon November 25, 2013 at 10:17 am by Pierre

I am a bit late on parade this morning, partly because I found bits of this quite tricky. There were certainly a good number of genuinely Quiptic clues to get you going, but … Read more >>

Guardian 26,114 – Rufus

Mon November 25, 2013 at 9:47 am by Andrew

Another Monday, another Rufus – not much more to be said, really! Across 1. DESERTION Leaving — one’s tired out (9)(ONE’S TIRED)* 6. CHOP Cut down on … Read more >>

Guardian Prize Puzzle 26,107 by Araucaria

Sat November 23, 2013 at 10:41 amSat November 23, 2013 at 12:00 am by PeeDee

A worthy prize puzzle that took some work to get to the bottom of. A real pleasure to solve and to blog. Thank you Araucaria. Across 9 AMALEKITE A cock bird no friend … Read more >>

Guardian 26,112 – Tramp

Fri November 22, 2013 at 3:56 pmFri November 22, 2013 at 1:14 am by Andrew

A welcome return by Tramp after a couple of months’ absence. It isn’t giving anything away to say that the clues are teeming with references to the assassination of John F Kennedy exactly … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 26111 Pasquale

Thu November 21, 2013 at 4:49 pmThu November 21, 2013 at 10:51 am by scchua

I found this hardgoing; a question of not being on the setter’s wavelength, I think; but managed to finally sort it out. Thanks to Pasquale. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures … Read more >>