Guardian

Paul’s salute to the ever-inventive British train companies and their feeble excuses for shoddy service. Not as difficult as some Paul crosswords can be, especially once you’ve cracked the theme, but very satisfying. … Read more >>

I saw Eileen’s plea in puzzle G24359 comments and agree with her – this puzzle needs a blog – and made some notes.  Then Real Life got in the way.  Then I saw … Read more >>

A clue or two hinting that the setter is a woman. Which I knew already. I wonder a bit about 16D and I think I’m right about 11D (a first for me recognizing … Read more >>

Straightforward enough except for 26ac which took me ages to sort out and may well be wrong. Across 1 SHAMROCK: SHAM + ROCK 5 ACCORD: ACCORD(ion) losing I and ON, one and on … Read more >>

I managed to solve this puzzle comfortably on the bus back home this morning. It’s a forty minute journey though I spent much of the time looking out of the window at the … Read more >>

Solving time: 10:30 This puzzle contained several long phrases spanning multiple clues which can make things difficult, but some of the longer ones in this were very straightforward so it was a quickish … Read more >>

A straightforward puzzle with, and I apoligise for becoming boring on this, too many cryptic definitions. Most of the omitted answers were, for me, common words with good word play but please do … Read more >>

Satisfyingly diverse bunch of words here and some great wordplay. Paul’s clues are short and without a wasted word – like Bach to Araucaria’s Mozart . A few straight anagrams made it easier … Read more >>

Not as hard as the last Orlando I had to blog though had to guess at a couple of defs. Please enlighten. Seemed more than average anagram count which probably explains why I … Read more >>

I wondered if there might be a thematic puzzle today, and when I saw it was by Araucaria I pretty much knew I was right. The preamble stated that any E’s in the … Read more >>

Mostly straightforward from Brendan today, some easy anagrams and a couple of hidden words – I was racing towards one of my quicker times until I ran into 2 down. Edit: missed the … Read more >>

Solving time: About 40 minutes (interrupted); two wrong (30ac and 44dn), one missing (42dn) If you’ve read or seen As You Like It (specifically Act V, Scene IV), you probably found this easier … Read more >>

Across 1 RIDICULE: CID (reversed) in RULE containing I 9 ANIMUS: NIM (old game) in AUS 10 AGATHA: AA aroung GATH (gun) 11 HIGH JUMP: a field event and what the doomed man … Read more >>

A fairly straightforward puzzle with a small amount of word play en clair. There were a couple of tougher clues in here too.       Across 7 TURNOVER TURN OVER …a page … Read more >>