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Guardian Cryptic N° 25,918, by Brendan

Wed April 10, 2013 at 4:05 pmWed April 10, 2013 at 4:22 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25918.

Guardian 25,917 – Boatman

Tue April 9, 2013 at 2:24 amTue April 9, 2013 at 1:41 am by Uncle Yap

After an A1 superb start, the puzzle sort of fizzled out, with starts and splutters, apparently with a mini-theme of the author moving home soon. Cannot say this is Boatman’s best; but we … Read more >>

Guardian 25,916 / Rufus

Mon April 8, 2013 at 9:27 am by Eileen

The familiar Rufus medley of anagrams and double and cryptic definitions. Some witty misdirection and the usual silky surfaces made this an entertaining puzzle for me – a couple of unusual words, but … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 699 Beale

Mon April 8, 2013 at 11:11 pmMon April 8, 2013 at 7:13 am by scchua

It’s been quite a while since the last Beale Quiptic, so it took a bit of re-orientation to his style. The NE corner was last to be completed. Thanks to Beale. Definitions are … Read more >>

Guardian Easter Prize puzzle 25,909 / Araucaria

Sat April 6, 2013 at 8:52 amSat April 6, 2013 at 12:02 am by Eileen

I’m well into my fifth year of blogging and I’ve never before landed an Araucaria Bank Holiday Prize puzzle, and so it was with a mixture of excitement and trepidation that I looked … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 25,914 by Brummie

Fri April 5, 2013 at 12:48 pmFri April 5, 2013 at 3:24 am by PeterO

The crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25914.

Guardian Cryptic 25913 Araucaria

Thu April 4, 2013 at 5:03 pmThu April 4, 2013 at 10:53 am by scchua

As with all Araucaria puzzles, I had to keep plugging away at it, and even then had to use the cheat button for the last one in. There is an unusual construction for … Read more >>

Guardian 25,912 / Bonxie

Wed April 3, 2013 at 9:09 am by Eileen

It’s a while since we saw a Bonxie puzzle, so I was glad to see his name today. Some interesting cluing, including one [8dn] where I thought I was going to have to … Read more >>

Guardian 25,911 – Gordius

Tue April 2, 2013 at 1:44 am by Uncle Yap

Quite a fair to middling kind of puzzle with the expected Gordian obscurities thrown in here and there. Across 1 SKINFLINT Mean injunction after non-U plenitude of drink (9) SKINFUL (plenitude of drink) … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 698 / Pan

Mon April 1, 2013 at 11:14 am by Big Dave

Another good Quiptic from Pan. Most of the definitions given are from Chambers 12th Edition. Most of the standard abbreviations used in the wordplay are shown with the unused letters in brackets e.g. … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 117 / Brummie

Mon April 1, 2013 at 1:00 am by duncanshiell

The Genius lulls you into a false sense of security. You know you have a month to complete it so you keep putting off starting it. Then when you do you start, you realise … Read more >>

Guardian 25,910 – Rufus

Mon April 1, 2013 at 12:40 am by Andrew

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 >>

Guardian 25,903 / Paul (23/3/2013)

Sat March 30, 2013 at 9:16 amSat March 30, 2013 at 1:00 am by Gaufrid

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 >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 25,908 by Gordius

Fri March 29, 2013 at 9:42 amFri March 29, 2013 at 1:53 am by PeterO

The crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25908.

Guardian 25,907 / Paul

Thu March 28, 2013 at 9:46 am by Eileen

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 >>