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Guardian 25,361 / Brendan

Wed June 29, 2011 at 9:38 pmWed June 29, 2011 at 8:23 am by Eileen

I was thinking it was a while since we had a Brendan puzzle, so I was very pleased to see his name on this one. Unusually, his last offering told us, ‘There is … Read more >>

Guardian 25,360 – Paul, the Master

Tue June 28, 2011 at 3:35 amTue June 28, 2011 at 2:13 am by Uncle Yap

It has been a laugh a minute this morning when I unravelled Paul’s latest offering. In many cases, I first hazarded a likely answer and then worked backwards to justify the word-play and … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 606 / Pan

Mon June 27, 2011 at 10:58 am by Big Dave

Another excellent Quiptic from Pan. Unfortunately at the time I solved it the answer to 22 down had the middle two letters reversed which then gave an incorrect spelling for 25 across. All … Read more >>

Guardian 25,359 – Rufus

Mon June 27, 2011 at 10:41 amMon June 27, 2011 at 8:21 am by Andrew

The usual straightforward stuff from Rufus today, with lots of double definitions. Only two cryptic definitions, one of which I find rather unsatisfactory. Across 7. NARRATION RAN reversed … Read more >>

Guardian Prize Puzzle 25,352 by Paul

Sat June 25, 2011 at 1:04 pmSat June 25, 2011 at 9:15 am by PeeDee

A mixed avian theme this week with birds, bird songs and Birdsong. The clues are very tight, no unused words or vague cryptic definitions – nice one Paul. Across 1 TITCHY sCavenging cHeetah … Read more >>

Guardian 25,357 / Pasquale

Fri June 24, 2011 at 12:58 pmFri June 24, 2011 at 9:05 am by mhl

A delightful puzzle from Pasquale – scrupulously fair clues, as ever, and not too hard today. Incidentally, I think this is my 150th post on fifteensquared 🙂 Across 1. SCABBY CABBY = “driver” to … Read more >>

Guardian 25,356 / Gordius

Thu June 23, 2011 at 9:14 am by Eileen

I seem to have spent almost as much time trying – unsuccessfully – to come up with a preamble for this puzzle as I did in solving it. I’ll just say that I … Read more >>

Guardian 25,355 – Paul

Wed June 22, 2011 at 7:54 amWed June 22, 2011 at 12:56 am by Andrew

A couple of weeks ago I noted that I was blogging my first Araucaria puzzle for over six months; today I see that this is my first Paul for even longer: since 23rd … Read more >>

Guardian 25,354 – Arachne

Tue June 21, 2011 at 2:12 am by Uncle Yap

Another delightful Tuesday morning spent unravelling Arachne’s exquisite blend of teasers. Lots of entertainment value. ACROSS 5 PARDON dd “What? I didn’t quite hear you” being synonymous with “Pardon, can you say that … Read more >>

Guardian 25,353 / Rufus

Mon June 20, 2011 at 4:31 pm by Gaufrid

The scheduled blogger has gone AWOL so here is an analysis of the clues. I didn’t solve this puzzle (I have just parsed the clues from the published solution) and so cannot comment … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic Nº 605 by Arachne

Mon June 20, 2011 at 12:47 pmMon June 20, 2011 at 4:00 am by PeterO

Another Arachne quiptic for me to blog, which suits me very well; her clues are elegant and smoothly surfaced. There are a few general knowledge references which may not be so general, but … Read more >>

Guardian Prize 25,346 / Pasquale

Sat June 18, 2011 at 8:20 amSat June 18, 2011 at 12:02 am by Eileen

An entertaining puzzle from Pasquale, in which we were told that six solutions were undefined in their clues, with five lying within the bounds of the sixth. I think non-UK residents might have … Read more >>

Guardian 25,351 / Tramp

Fri June 17, 2011 at 10:31 amFri June 17, 2011 at 9:39 am by Eileen

I’ve been looking forward to Tramp’s second Guardian cryptic, having blogged his début Fawlty Towers-themed puzzle, so I was very pleased to land this one, too. I didn’t detect a theme this time … Read more >>

Guardian 25,350 – Araucaria

Thu June 16, 2011 at 12:28 pmThu June 16, 2011 at 9:07 am by Andrew

I found it very hard to get started on this one, but once I’d got a few answers in it yielded steadily, with the exception of a phrase I’d never heard of at … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic Nº 25,349 by Orlando: A tall story

Wed June 15, 2011 at 12:30 pmWed June 15, 2011 at 4:35 am by PeterO

This time a title is in order, since tales are plastered all over the clues. Enjoyable, with some fine surfaces and a few convoluted wordplays. Across 1. Far from gayest sort of sodomite? … Read more >>