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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.

Guardian 25.947 / Philistine

Tue May 14, 2013 at 12:00 pmTue May 14, 2013 at 8:30 am by Eileen

I am standing in today for Uncle Yap, who is away. I don’t think I have blogged a Philistine puzzle before but I’m a great fan of his, so I count myself lucky … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 25946 Rufus

Mon May 13, 2013 at 10:22 am by scchua

A typical Rufus with concise clues of mostly cryptic and double definitions and anagrams. Thanks Rufus. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle. … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 704/Hectence

Mon May 13, 2013 at 10:21 am by Pierre

According to her profile, Hectence is a Manchester City supporter, so to cheer her up after Saturday’s events (footie haters can look away now) I will say that I thought that this was … Read more >>

Guardian Prize Puzzle 25,939 by Tramp

Sat May 11, 2013 at 9:27 amFri May 10, 2013 at 11:52 pm by PeeDee

I used to find Tramp puzzles pretty tricky but I think I must be getting on to his wavelength at last. I have not seen any of the Star Wars movies but fortunately … Read more >>