Guardian – Page 402 – Fifteensquared

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 >>

Guardian 25,311 – Rufus

Mon May 2, 2011 at 10:16 am by Andrew

Mostly the usual smooth and straightforward clueing from Rufus this sunny Bank Holiday, with a couple of rather over-familiar clues (27ac, 8dn), but I slowed down at the end and took a bit … Read more >>

Guardian Easter Prize No 25304 / Araucaria

Sun May 1, 2011 at 2:31 pmSat April 30, 2011 at 12:09 am by bridgesong

I solved most of this puzzle on the train from London to Lyon, and found it an excellent way of making a long journey shorter. Unfortunately there was no online version available so … Read more >>

Guardian 25,309 / Paul

Fri April 29, 2011 at 12:39 pmFri April 29, 2011 at 11:05 am by mhl

As always, an excellent, entertaining crossword from Paul. The clue of the day is certainly the brilliant and topical “Fancy lad and me tied knot!” Across 1. WICHITA I + CHIT = “note” … Read more >>

Guardian 25,308 / Tramp

Thu April 28, 2011 at 11:53 am by Eileen

I am pretty sure this is the first appearance of a Tramp cryptic crossword. I remembered seeing his name on a Genius puzzle earlier in the year and, after some research on this … Read more >>

Guardian 25,307 – Brendan

Wed April 27, 2011 at 10:38 amWed April 27, 2011 at 1:46 am by Andrew

It’s been a while since I blogged a Brendan puzzle, so it was a delight to get this – one where every across clue includes the word “queen”, used in various ways, including … Read more >>

Guardian 25306 Gordius … TO LET

Tue April 26, 2011 at 3:58 pmTue April 26, 2011 at 2:12 am by Uncle Yap

Two weeks ago, I apologised for using Dr Livingstone, I presume? in the headline. I further added Green Eggs and Ham,the title of Dr Zeuss’s classic as an example of something totally unrelated. … Read more >>

Quiptic 597/Nutmeg

Mon April 25, 2011 at 5:02 pm by Pierre

Called off the bench by Gaufrid as substitute blogger. I suspect the difficulty is that the Guardian website is still showing last week’s puzzle. Anyway, if anyone does access the crossword, then this … Read more >>

Guardian 25,305 / Rufus

Mon April 25, 2011 at 7:59 amMon April 25, 2011 at 7:17 am by duncanshiell

As I am double booked with another commitment early this morning, I was a bit worried that Easter Monday was going to produce a Guardian humdinger with a double grid and a complex … Read more >>

Guardian Prize puzzle 25,298 by Paul

Sat April 23, 2011 at 12:24 pmSat April 23, 2011 at 12:00 am by PeeDee

Guardian Prize Puzzle 25,298 by Paul. I find Paul’s style becoming more and more like Araucaria as the time goes on, though thankfully without some of Araucaria’s idiosyncrasies. While writing this blog I initially … Read more >>

Guardian 25,303 / Orlando

Fri April 22, 2011 at 10:03 am by Eileen

I didn’t know quite what to expect today, after a roller-coaster of a week. An Orlando puzzle is always welcome and this was no disappointment – nothing too taxing but a good variety … Read more >>