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Guardian 25,209 – Rufus

Mon January 3, 2011 at 1:58 pmMon January 3, 2011 at 12:09 pm by manehi

A fairly gentle start to the year from Rufus – I quite liked 13 and 21. Across 5 REAPED P[hysical] E[ducation] in READ=study 6 RECENT CE=church in RENT=schism 9 STRAYS STAYS with R[ight] … Read more >>

Genius 90 / Crucible

Mon January 3, 2011 at 2:20 pmMon January 3, 2011 at 11:30 am by Gaufrid

I am a last minute stand-in and it may be difficult for me to remember what I did a month ago, particularly with the festivities in between, so please excuse any errors or … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic No 581 by Pan

Mon January 3, 2011 at 3:12 am by PeterO

I think this one fills the Quiptic slot very well, with no obscurities of vocabulary, construction or references. ACROSS 1 PANATELLA Anagram (‘change’) of ‘lent a pal’ + ‘a’. 6 COST Envelope of … Read more >>

Guardian 25,197 (Christmas Jumbo, Sat 18 Dec)/Araucaria – Moonlight departure

Sat January 1, 2011 at 5:00 am by rightback

Solving time: 45 mins This Christmas special from Araucaria included several literary works, mostly with religious connotations, as referenced in the preamble. The Kipling character was Yellow Dog Dingo, the two phrases were … Read more >>

Guardian 25,207 / Orlando

Fri December 31, 2010 at 8:23 am by Eileen

Orlando’s puzzles are always entertaining and I’m pleased to get one of his for my last blog of the year. There’s a good variety of cluing, with smooth, often witty, surfaces throughout, some … Read more >>

Guardian 25,206 – Pasquale

Thu December 30, 2010 at 10:48 amThu December 30, 2010 at 12:01 am by Andrew

A welcome return for Pasquale after nearly two months’ absence. The Christmas gremlins are still crawling around the Guardian site, meaning this puzzle was available 24 hours early, so I had plenty of … Read more >>

Guardian 25205 by Araucaria How the Monkey Puzzle….

Wed December 29, 2010 at 12:01 am by PeterO

{This is just to hide the spoiler} … … … ….got his prickles. Vintage Araucaria – highly allusive, a wide range of references, numerous liberties, a delight as well as a struggle to … Read more >>

Guardian 25204 Chifonie … Of Castro, Cricket and Curates

Tue December 28, 2010 at 3:29 amTue December 28, 2010 at 2:37 am by Uncle Yap

Pardon the later-than-usual appearance of the Tuesday blog. The Christmas revelry continues. Chifonie gave us an almost painless puzzle with delightful bits here and there. Most entertaining. ACROSS 1 UNNAMED *(MUNDANE) 5 MASTIFF … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 580 by Nutmeg

Mon December 27, 2010 at 11:35 am by Pierre

It might have been post-Crimbo lethargy on my part, but I found this hard going in places, with some convoluted clues and a term I’d never heard of before. However, there were some … Read more >>

Guardian 25,203 / Brendan

Mon December 27, 2010 at 10:17 am by mhl

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I’m afraid this is a very rushed post due to family commitments – I’m sorry I didn’t have more time to enjoy this one. An excellent … Read more >>

Guardian 25,202 – Gordius

Fri December 24, 2010 at 12:41 am by Andrew

I must admit to feeling disappointed to see that I’d got a Gordius for my Christmas Eve blog, as he is not one of my favourite setters. I found this one very easy … Read more >>

Guardian 25201 / Araucaria

Thu December 23, 2010 at 9:24 amThu December 23, 2010 at 8:46 am by duncanshiell

I like to work though all the clues first to see how many I can solve cold. As the first clue I solved in this puzzle was 25d, I thought this was going … Read more >>

Guardian 25,200 / Auster

Wed December 22, 2010 at 4:20 pm by Gaufrid

The scheduled blogger appears to have gone AWOL today so here is a quickly prepared substitute post. In the interests of getting something published without too much further delay I have not gone … Read more >>

Guardian 25199 Paul … Flying Alitalia

Tue December 21, 2010 at 6:33 amTue December 21, 2010 at 1:58 am by Uncle Yap

Thank you, Duncan for filling in so well for me during my brief sojourn in Sri Lanka for a Hashing event. Thankfully, I am done travelling for the rest of the year and … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 579 / Moley

Tue December 28, 2010 at 5:51 pmMon December 20, 2010 at 11:53 am by Big Dave

There are a few seasonal answers in this otherwise very ordinary crossword. As with the previous Moley puzzle that I reviewed, there are several extra words thrown in purely for the surface reading. … Read more >>