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Guardian Quiptic 600/Orlando

Mon May 16, 2011 at 2:46 pmMon May 16, 2011 at 9:41 am by Pierre

I see Orlando’s on double duty today, having also set the Guardian Cryptic. This was a sound puzzle, but there were a number of pieces of quite tricky wordplay which I’m guessing would … Read more >>

Guardian Prize Puzzle 25,316 by Paul

Sat May 14, 2011 at 5:11 pmSat May 14, 2011 at 12:07 am by PeeDee

A pretty straightforward puzzle from Paul this week. I especially liked 6 down, which was a new word to me, and 19 down was a fun clue too. Apologies in advance for any typos, … Read more >>

Guardian 25,321 – Crucible

Fri May 13, 2011 at 2:41 pmFri May 13, 2011 at 9:17 am by Andrew

An outstandingly entertaining and interesting puzzle by Crucible, celebrating a quatercentenary, to end off an excellent week (I even quite enjoyed the Gordius!). I usually think of Crucible as being at the hard … Read more >>

Guardian No 25,320 by Brendan

Fri May 13, 2011 at 1:35 amThu May 12, 2011 at 4:43 pm by PeterO

An entertaining offering from Brendan. … … … … The appearance of envelopes in almost every clue must be a theme of sorts; then there is the device indicated in 13A, for which … Read more >>

Guardian 25,319 / Gordius

Wed May 11, 2011 at 12:33 pmWed May 11, 2011 at 9:58 am by mhl

A nice puzzle from Gordius – with a few exceptions (noted below), I don’t think this should have created too many problems. Across 1. ORDNANCE SURVEY ORDNANCE = “Artillery” + SURVEY = “inspection”; … Read more >>

Guardian 25318 – Brummie

Tue May 10, 2011 at 4:05 amTue May 10, 2011 at 3:10 am by Uncle Yap

It’s always a bonus to get another one-eyed puzzle in addition to my fortnightly ration in Private Eye. Brummie managed to weave in a mini-theme of a best-selling book and author ACROSS 8 … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 599 Pan

Mon May 9, 2011 at 6:40 pmMon May 9, 2011 at 12:25 pm by scchua

Quite a straightforward puzzle, putting it somewhere left of centre in the difficulty spectrum for a Quiptic. Thanks Pan. Also thanks to fellow blogger, flashling, from whom I’ve copied the additional idea of … Read more >>

Guardian 25,317 / Rufus

Mon May 9, 2011 at 9:45 amMon May 9, 2011 at 9:08 am by Eileen

This is a classic Rufus puzzle, I think. All the hallmarks are there – succinct, witty cluing, clever anagrams [8ac, for instance] superb surfaces … There are rather more anagrams and fewer cryptic … Read more >>

Guardian Prize 25,310 / Crucible

Sat May 7, 2011 at 12:02 am by Eileen

When I opened my paper and saw the name of one of my favourite setters on the puzzle, my heart leapt – only to plummet a few minutes later, before I had even … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic No. 25,315 by Chifonie

Fri May 6, 2011 at 3:40 am by PeterO

Very definitely plain sailing, and none the worse for that. Across 1. French town’s brochure revised? Good! (9) CHERBOURG Charade of CHERBOUR, an anagram (‘revised’) of ‘brochure’ + G (‘good’). 6. Make sense … Read more >>

Guardian 25,314 / Shed

Thu May 5, 2011 at 1:06 pmThu May 5, 2011 at 11:55 am by mhl

A very nice crossword from Shed, with some tough words / general knowledge, but all fairly clued. (I may not be able to make corrections until much later today, so apologies in advance … Read more >>

Guardian 25,313 / Orlando

Wed May 4, 2011 at 10:43 amWed May 4, 2011 at 9:34 am by Eileen

There’s lots of fun in this characteristically witty, elegant and well-clued puzzle from Orlando – nothing too complicated but highly entertaining and enjoyable. Many thanks, Orlando. Across 1 MAGIC LANTERN: anagram [dicky] of … Read more >>

Guardian 25312 – Araucaria

Tue May 3, 2011 at 5:28 amTue May 3, 2011 at 3:01 am by Uncle Yap

What a superbly entertaining puzzle from The Master today with a side-theme presented with great humour and fun. ACROSS 7 TROUSERS T (time) ROUSERS (alarm clocks) worn by the dominant partner in a … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 94, by Puck: In vino veritas

Tue May 3, 2011 at 12:52 amMon May 2, 2011 at 11:17 am by jetdoc

Well, I thought I was getting on just fine with this puzzle, but I was completely stuck on two answers, 17a and 21a. None of my resources — dictionaries, word lists, TEA, Google, … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 598 / Arachne

Mon May 2, 2011 at 2:17 pmMon May 2, 2011 at 11:06 am by Big Dave

I really enjoyed today’s offering from Spiderwoman (the original Arachne in Greek Mythology was changed by Athene into a spider). All definitions given are from Chambers 11th Edition. Most of the standard abbreviations … Read more >>