Guardian – Page 384 – Fifteensquared

Guardian Cryptic Nº 25,541, by Shed

Wed January 25, 2012 at 4:14 am by PeterO

One on the easier end of the Guardian spectrum, apart from a couple of perhaps less familiar references.

Guardian 25,540 – Pasquale

Thu January 26, 2012 at 10:53 amTue January 24, 2012 at 2:17 am by Uncle Yap

Enter The Dragon. To those who are not aware, yesterday marked the first day of the Lunar New Year and ushered in the year of the dragon. Perhaps due to the revelry and … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 25539 Rufus

Mon January 23, 2012 at 4:41 pmMon January 23, 2012 at 11:05 am by scchua

Apologies for the later than usual posting. Thanks Rufus for a typical gentle start to the week, and to the New Year, the Lunar one, that is. Today’s the first day of the … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 636/Pan

Mon January 23, 2012 at 7:54 am by Pierre

A lovely Quiptic from Pan, I thought. Plenty of charades, anagrams and insertions, but all clearly signposted and just right for the improving solver. Abbreviations dd double definition cd cryptic … Read more >>

Guardian Prize Puzzle 25,532 by Brummie

Sat January 21, 2012 at 12:00 am by PeeDee

Thanks to Brummie for a pleasing weekend crossword, not too difficult. The nine clues of a kind that lack definitions give dances, though in fact I can only find eight clues. This is either … Read more >>

Guardian 25,537 – Bonxie

Fri January 20, 2012 at 8:58 am by Andrew

I had confidently predicted an Orlando for today, as we haven’t seen him since just before Christmas, so was slightly worried to see Bonxie’s name, as I’ve sometimes found his puzzles quite hard, … Read more >>

Guardian 25,536 – Paul

Thu January 19, 2012 at 10:09 amThu January 19, 2012 at 8:14 am by manehi

Lots of fun and clever cluing from Paul – favourites were 1dn and 6,23 and biggest groan was for 8dn. Across 9 A BIT STEEP =”Just too much” (pie at best)* 10 EPOCH … Read more >>

Guardian 25,535 / Enigmatist

Wed January 18, 2012 at 12:15 pm by Gaufrid

I’m a last minute stand-in for the scheduled blogger therefore this has been prepared in somewhat of a hurry so please excuse any errors. A most enjoyable puzzle from Enigmatist today, themed around … Read more >>

Guardian 25,534 – Philistine

Thu January 19, 2012 at 12:22 amTue January 17, 2012 at 2:02 am by Uncle Yap

Quite an enjoyable outing today with a good blend of devices to tickle the mind. ACROSS 1 ORIGINAL SIN Ins of I GIN (one drink) in ORALS (exams) + IN and of course, … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 635 Arachne

Mon January 16, 2012 at 5:02 pmMon January 16, 2012 at 10:53 am by scchua

Thanks Arachne for an enjoyable crossword (by no means a walkover) with some clever surfaces. For some reason, I got slowed down in the NE quarter, but the latter provided my favourite clues for … Read more >>

Guardian 25,533 / Rufus

Mon January 16, 2012 at 8:56 am by Eileen

It’s Monday, it’s Rufus and so we know what to expect – what’s often called a gentle start to the week, with the usual quota of double and cryptic definitions and some smiles … Read more >>

Guardian Prize 25,526 / Araucaria

Sat January 14, 2012 at 12:02 am by Eileen

Looking back through the archives, I see that, lately, I [and others] in blogs of Araucaria Prize puzzles have commented that they were over rather too quickly. I remember a time when an … Read more >>

Guardian 25,531, by Araucaria

Fri January 13, 2012 at 10:44 amFri January 13, 2012 at 9:27 am by Stella

A gentle Friday puzzle from Araucaria, in which for once ellipses between clues actually contribute to the solve. I went straight in at 5ac. and the rest was mostly plain sailing . Thanks … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 25,530 by Qaos

Thu January 12, 2012 at 4:28 am by PeterO

Fortunately not too difficult, as I had a meeting to attend before solving and blogging this.

Guardian 25,529 / Paul

Wed January 11, 2012 at 9:46 amWed January 11, 2012 at 9:13 am by Eileen

A fun puzzle and fairly steady solve from Paul, with some ingenious and amusing clues, and one or two easy ones to get / keep things going and to help with less familiar … Read more >>