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Guardian 25,235 – Chifonie

Wed February 2, 2011 at 12:40 am by Andrew

A fairly typical Chifonie, with a lot of quite obvious clues. There’s a preponderance of charade clues, with 13 out of 28 being of that type, including 10 out of 14 acrosses: rather … Read more >>

Guardian 25234 Paul … Good things come in threes

Wed February 2, 2011 at 12:01 amTue February 1, 2011 at 3:21 am by Uncle Yap

The Chinese has a saying that good things come in threes and true to the ancient wisdom of my people, I get to blog Paul for the third time in a row. This … Read more >>

Guardian 25,233 / Rufus

Mon January 31, 2011 at 8:17 am by duncanshiell

This was a fairly standard puzzle from Rufus that will no doubt divide the solving community along the usual lines. As ever, from Rufus, there were a number of clues based on cryptic … Read more >>

Quiptic crossword No 585

Mon January 31, 2011 at 1:50 am by PeterO

I was feeling particularly leaden, and made heavy weather of solving this, but in writing it up there does not seem to be anything to struggle over: mostly straightforward charades and envelopes. Across … Read more >>

Guardian Prize Crossword 25,226 by Enigmatist

Mon January 31, 2011 at 8:36 amSat January 29, 2011 at 12:01 am by PeeDee

Another good puzzle, not easy, but all there to be found if you look. I thought the construction of the clues was very tight indeed, only 5dn giving me any doubts, but this may just be … Read more >>

Guardian 25,231 / Quantum

Fri January 28, 2011 at 4:49 pmFri January 28, 2011 at 9:38 am by Eileen

Pondering what to say in the preamble has taken almost as long as the solve – and I still haven’t come up with anything appropriate. To say that I was surprised to see … Read more >>

Guardian 25,230 – Crucible

Thu January 27, 2011 at 1:08 am by Andrew

I seem to have got into a habit lately of sailing through one half of a puzzle and struggling with the rest. With this one I finished the bottom half quite quickly but … Read more >>

Guardian 25,229 – Gordius

Wed January 26, 2011 at 11:34 amWed January 26, 2011 at 3:29 am by manehi

Solved most of this quickly but couldn’t get a foothold in the NW for a good while. Some nice clues (26d my favourite), but some (6d, 14d) were a bit shaky. Across 1 … Read more >>

Guardian 25228 Paul …Make Your Armpit Your Charmpit

Tue January 25, 2011 at 8:03 amTue January 25, 2011 at 3:27 am by Uncle Yap

Today I felt quite dense and took a very long time to finish off Paul’s puzzle and even then had problems understanding some of the wordplay. Fortunately, I have the eight hour advantage … Read more >>

Guardian 25,227 / Orlando

Mon January 24, 2011 at 2:54 pmMon January 24, 2011 at 12:39 pm by mhl

A very nice puzzle from Orlando today, although I think many people would think it rather difficult for Monday in the Guardian. I look forward to seeing many of you in Derby on … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 584/Moley

Mon January 24, 2011 at 10:27 am by Pierre

It’s the first time I’ve blogged a puzzle by Moley, and I was pleased when her name came up because I’ve enjoyed her Quiptics in the past. I enjoyed this too and thought … Read more >>

Guardian Prize 25,220 / Araucaria

Sat January 22, 2011 at 9:04 amSat January 22, 2011 at 12:20 am by Eileen

This is one of those puzzles that make your [or, at least my] heart sink when you see a long quotation that covers what seems about half of the grid and, when it’s … Read more >>

Guardian 25,225 – Chifonie

Fri January 21, 2011 at 8:36 am by Andrew

I filled in the bottom half of this very quickly, the NE corner slightly less so; the NW corner took me longest (apart from the very easy 1ac), though for no good reason … Read more >>

Guardian 25,224 by Rover

Thu January 20, 2011 at 2:48 pmThu January 20, 2011 at 3:56 am by PeterO

A very mixed bag. Lots of simple anagrams, with various anagrinds, some more satisfactory than others. Most of the rest are equally simple constructions, so that the puzzle starts to shape up as … Read more >>

Guardian 25,223 / Brummie

Wed January 19, 2011 at 4:27 pmWed January 19, 2011 at 2:47 pm by mhl

Apologies for the late post – I’ve had no free time yet today. I hope I can get the post up in the next hour… OK, an unfortunately rushed post follows below – … Read more >>