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Guardian Cryptic N° 25,972 by Chifonie

Wed June 12, 2013 at 1:59 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25972.

Guardian 25971 by Paul

Tue June 11, 2013 at 5:28 amTue June 11, 2013 at 12:27 am by Uncle Yap

I struggled through this puzzle based on a favourite topic of conversation by the Brits but prevailed in the end due to Paul’s very fair clueing. In Malaysia, we only have one prediction … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 25970 Brendan

Tue June 11, 2013 at 12:56 amMon June 10, 2013 at 10:20 am by scchua

Not exactly a gentle start to the week that we have come to expect. A delightful puzzle, with a couple of answers I found tricky to parse. Thanks to Brendan for the entertainment. … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 708/Moley

Mon June 10, 2013 at 8:12 am by Pierre

A Quiptic from Moley that is clearly aimed at the target audience, but which I found a bit clunky in places, with some unconvincing cluing at times. Perhaps I’m being a bit unfair. … Read more >>

Guardian Prize Puzzle 25,963 by Brummie

Sun June 9, 2013 at 10:41 pmSat June 8, 2013 at 8:57 am by PeeDee

Great stuff, I enjoyed this very much. It took a long time for the instructions to make sense but in retrospect they are quite clear, so no excuse for not getting it first … Read more >>

Guardian 25,968 – Pasquale

Fri June 7, 2013 at 9:09 am by Andrew

A fairly tough but fair and enjoyable puzzle from Pasquale, in which I enjoyed some nice anagrams, and learned a couple of new words and the original version of (what I thought was) … Read more >>

Guardian 25,967 – Arachne

Thu June 6, 2013 at 11:57 amThu June 6, 2013 at 12:57 am by manehi

Not too difficult, but I really enjoyed this. 2dn in particular stood out, but there was a lot of clever cluing and surfaces here (10, 22, 24, 12dn…) Across 7 XEROXES =”runs off” … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 25,966 by Philistine

Wed June 5, 2013 at 2:45 am by PeterO

The crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25966.

Guardian 25,965 by Gordius

Tue June 4, 2013 at 8:29 amTue June 4, 2013 at 2:01 am by Uncle Yap

Another day at the office … Across 9 Country lay out on continent? F- off, it’s not that one (5,4) COSTA RICA Cha of COST (lay out as in expenses) AFRICA (continent) minus … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 707 Beale

Mon June 3, 2013 at 11:32 amMon June 3, 2013 at 9:49 am by scchua

A standard Quiptic, made simpler, for me at least, by the many anagrams. Thanks to Beale, who is not a frequent setter here. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have … Read more >>

Guardian 25,964 / Rufus

Mon June 3, 2013 at 9:28 am by Eileen

Another typical Rufus offering, with a fair sprinkling of anagrams and double and cryptic definitions, all elegantly gift-wrapped with the usual silky surfaces. Thank you, Rufus, for a pleasant start to a sunny … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 119 / Picaroon

Mon June 3, 2013 at 6:41 pmMon June 3, 2013 at 12:01 am by mhl

Annoyingly, I forgot that we were meant to be blogging this crossword until a reminder from Gaufrid today, so we were too late to actually enter the solution. However, it was fun to … Read more >>

Guardian Prize 25,957 / Araucaria

Sat June 1, 2013 at 12:02 am by Eileen

A rather surprisingly straightforward Araucaria puzzle, especially for a Saturday Prize, with some very easy clues, eg 5, 9,13, 23, 24ac and 1, 3, 16, 19 and 20dn, with an oddly unseasonal mini-theme … Read more >>

Guardia Cryptic N° 25,962 by Boatman: Sweet talk

Fri May 31, 2013 at 3:40 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25962.

Guardian Cryptic 25961 Araucaria

Thu May 30, 2013 at 4:11 pmThu May 30, 2013 at 11:48 am by scchua

A clever puzzle from Araucaria. 24 down led me to the mini-theme but still a mental workout. Thanks Araucaria. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified … Read more >>