Guardian

A highly entertaining puzzle from Puck, which turned out to be not so daunting as it looked initially [apart from one piece of parsing which has me completely stumped]. Along with some easy … Read more >>

Some tough cluing here, I struggled after getting the long 19d solution almost immediately. Favourites were 11ac, 22ac, 16dn and the groan-worthy 8dn. edited, thanks to cholecyst and Eileen Across 1 TESTIS =”ball” … Read more >>

A very nice puzzle from Crucible, the clues teeming with musical references. Not all the clues require musical knowledge, but it would certainly help in a few, and there are a couple of … Read more >>

It’s monday, it’s Rufus, you know what you’re getting. Usual mix of mostly double and cryptic definitions with the odd googly thrown in, this took me longer than eXternal in the Indy. Across … Read more >>

It’s always a pleasure to solve (and blog about) Orlando’s puzzles, and this one was true to form. We found it on the easy side for a prize puzzle, but lots of fun … Read more >>

This was an interesting puzzle, with some tricky devices.  Thanks to Philistine.  The setter being who it was, I was on the lookout for a theme.  I think I’ve found it, but am … Read more >>

The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26027. The humour of this one is to be found plentifully, mainly in its surfaces. Across 1. Might a mouse stew do it as a dish of … Read more >>

It’s always a pleasure to see Brendan’s name at the top of a puzzle and there was no disappointment here. The clues are mostly very straightforward, with a number of anagrams and charades … Read more >>

Found this very slow going, and had to come back to it twice in the end. Lovely cluing throughout, my favourites were 14ac and 22dn. Thanks for the comments re: 9dn, and (especially … Read more >>

A pretty standard Rufus again, with only one of the clues giving me any difficulty, though not helped by a horrible grid with poor connectivity and cross-checking.           Across … Read more >>

It was with some trepidation that I approached this puzzle. I don’t always find Pasquale’s puzzles that easy to solve, and what’s more I know that the Don reads blogs on this site. … Read more >>

This started off looking quite tricky, but I was lucky to guess the theme involved in the cross-references at 11a early. This let me fill in quite a lot of the grid, after … Read more >>

This was an enjoyable challenge from Paul, perhaps not his most taxing, but as with his puzzles, I just had to chip away at it.  The most difficult task for me was to … Read more >>