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Guardian Quiptic 582 / Orlando

Mon January 10, 2011 at 2:10 pmMon January 10, 2011 at 11:14 am by Big Dave

I had the great pleasure to meet Orlando a few months ago. If you haven’t already seen his “Best for Puzzles” site then it is well worth a look, especially for the comprehensive … Read more >>

Guardian 25,215 – Rufus

Mon January 10, 2011 at 12:30 am by Andrew

Another very easy Rufus, though I had to check a couple of defintions (12ac and 6dn). I thought some of the double definitions were a bit weak, but there were some nice anagram … Read more >>

Guardian 25,208 Prize Puzzle by Araucaria

Sat January 8, 2011 at 12:01 am by PeeDee

My first blog for Fifteenquared. This being the New Year prize puzzle I was expecting an Araucaria special, but we have a plain puzzle instead. As always with Araucaria I started slowly, but … Read more >>

Guardian 25,213 / Araucaria

Fri January 7, 2011 at 12:03 pmFri January 7, 2011 at 9:26 am by Eileen

Thanks again for the swap, Mark! 😉 I found some parts of this a bit tricky, so there were several smiles and ahas, for me, when the penny did drop. There was a … Read more >>

Guardian 25,212 / Bonxie

Thu January 6, 2011 at 3:29 pmThu January 6, 2011 at 8:56 am by mhl

A very impressive puzzle from Bonxie, where every down clue and three across clues begin with “Left”. I think there a couple of slightly problematic clues, which I’ve mentioned below, but it’s quite … Read more >>

Guardian 25,211 – Gordius

Wed January 5, 2011 at 12:57 am by Andrew

Another year, another Gordius.. In the spirit of the season I can say that I mostly enjoyed this, but as usual I have a few niggles, and there a couple of places where … Read more >>

Guardian 25210 Puck … A Midwinter Day’s Reality

Tue January 4, 2011 at 7:46 amTue January 4, 2011 at 2:55 am by Uncle Yap

After the recent twisted knickers on the Guardian crossword web pages, things seem to be coming back to normal … the dates and the puzzle numbers all seem to be right … after … Read more >>

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 >>