Guardian

No April foolery here (unless I’ve been fooled..), just the usual type of puzzle we expect from Rufus; if anything rather easy even by his standards, apart from one possibly obscure word that … Read more >>

A fun start to an otherwise cold, bleak Saturday morning with snow falling and a near gale force wind blowing. I was fortunate that, as I often do, I tackled the clues in … Read more >>

A very enjoyable puzzle from Paul, which caused a bit of head-scratching in the parsing department but I managed to get there in the end, apart from one clue that I’m not at … Read more >>

Mostly following the easy trend of the week so far, though a couple of place names may be unfamiliar to some, but as always with Orlando a quality puzzle with immaculate clueing and … Read more >>

I do hope new solvers will not get discouraged when a puzzle is described as “easy” which is a relative term. When I first started out doing cryptic crosswords as a student in … Read more >>

The scheduled blogger appears to have been unable to post today so here is a parsing of the clues. I cannot comment on the puzzle as I didn’t solve it but merely analysed … Read more >>

As might be expected from a puzzle set by Enigmatist , this proved to be a challenge  and although I did eventually manage to solve it on the day of publication, it took … Read more >>

Typical Araucaria fare today, with familiar ploys which will tickle or exasperate, depending on your predilections. Needless to say, I loved it. Across 1 Call boy’s takeover HIJACK HI [call ] + JACK … Read more >>

It’s exactly a month since I last blogged a Picaroon puzzle. No technical problems this time, and fewer obscurities (last time we had NGULTRUM and EIGENVECTOR among others), but I still found it … Read more >>

The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25900. The first question is: who is the setter? The crossword front page announces Arachne, but the puzzle itself gives the byline to Philistine. I cannot be … Read more >>

The puzzle today is rather straightforward except for the two clues which formed the centre-piece on the 60th anniversary of a great scientific discovery. This is Brummie’s tribute to Crick and Watson, two great … Read more >>

Another typical Rufus, with cds/dds taking the centre stage today.  Nicely compact clues, and overall easy but enjoyable.  Thanks to Rufus.  Definitions are underlined in the clues.  [[The pictures at the bottom have … Read more >>