Guardian – Page 345 – Fifteensquared

Guardian 25,960 / Paul

Thu May 30, 2013 at 12:53 amWed May 29, 2013 at 9:02 am by Eileen

Vintage Paul, with witty, ingenious cluing, providing lots of laughs and a couple of groans. Many thanks, Paul – I thoroughly enjoyed it. Across 1 Grub knocked back, American fool DOOFUS reversal [knocked … Read more >>

Guardian 25,959 by Shed

Tue May 28, 2013 at 8:42 amTue May 28, 2013 at 2:29 am by Uncle Yap

Not an easy puzzle from one of the John’s and as can be expected, some very devious devices. Surprisingly, the longest answer took me the shortest time. All I did was look at … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 706 / Nutmeg

Mon May 27, 2013 at 11:41 am by Big Dave

Nutmeg always sets an enjoyable puzzle, but like most of her previous puzzles this one is, peerhaps, a liitle too difficult for a Quiptic. Most of the definitions given are from Chambers 12th … Read more >>

Guardian 25,958 / Rufus

Mon May 27, 2013 at 10:13 amMon May 27, 2013 at 9:34 am by Andrew

An even more Rufusian Rufus than usual, if such a thing is possible, with, by my count, 7 cryptic definitions, 8 double definitions and 9 straight anagrams. A few nice moments along the … Read more >>

Guardian 25,951 / Crucible

Sat May 25, 2013 at 12:01 am by mhl

Not long after Araucaria’s Wagner / Verdi themed bank holiday special, we have a high quality Wagner / Poulenc themed puzzle from Crucible, timed close to the 200th anniversary of Wagner’s birth, which … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 25,956 by Brendan

Fri May 24, 2013 at 6:34 amFri May 24, 2013 at 3:03 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25956.

Guardian 25,955 / Bonxie

Thu May 23, 2013 at 7:44 pmThu May 23, 2013 at 8:58 am by Eileen

A marvellously misleading menagerie of clues from Bonxie! Every clue, across and down, contains the name of an animal but Bonxie has cleverly exploited the diversity of the English language to the full, … Read more >>

Guardian 25,954 – Chifonie

Wed May 22, 2013 at 8:00 am by Andrew

It took me longer to get going on this than usual for a Chifonie, but it all came out nicely in the end, with some well-written, if uncomplicated, clues. … Read more >>

Guardian 25,953 by Pasquale

Wed May 22, 2013 at 1:01 amTue May 21, 2013 at 2:01 am by Uncle Yap

Thank you, Eileen for playing locum tenens so ably last Tuesday when I was climbing the 999 steps to the TienMenSan (Door to Heaven) near ZhangJiaJie in Hunan, the province that gave China … Read more >>

Guardian 25,952 – Rufus

Mon May 20, 2013 at 9:26 am by manehi

Found this quite tough for a Rufus – the SE corner held me up, and I had to resort to Google for 25ac given the unhelpful crossers. Favourite clues were 6dn and 8dn, … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic N° 705 by Moley

Mon May 20, 2013 at 2:14 am by PeterO

The crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/quiptic/705.

Guardian 25,945 / Araucaria (12/5/13)

Sat May 18, 2013 at 12:16 pm by Gaufrid

Apologies for the late appearance of this post. The scheduled blogger has been unable to post and I have been struggling to remember what I did a week ago. The special instructions said … Read more >>

Guardian 25,950 / Arachne

Sat May 18, 2013 at 9:26 pmFri May 17, 2013 at 10:09 am by Eileen

What a lovely end to the week – Arachne on top form – and aren’t I lucky to get two excellent puzzles to blog in one week? It’s all here – great story-telling … Read more >>

Guardian 25,949 – Araucaria

Thu May 16, 2013 at 1:58 pmThu May 16, 2013 at 9:05 am by Andrew

I made a slow start on this, but after thinking for a while I was going to get nowhere with it, it gradually began to yield. My breakthrough was to be led to … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 25,948 by Paul

Wed May 15, 2013 at 2:27 am by PeterO

The crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25948.