Guardian Quiptic

This one meets the remit nicely. A good cross-section of clue types, some pleasing surfaces and nothing obscure (apart from perhaps the archaic word in 2dn). I think this was probably my first … Read more >>

Another Monday, another Quiptic from Anto.         Abbreviations cd  cryptic definition dd  double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letters removed definitions are underlined Across 8  Banal description … Read more >>

I think this one meets the remit for a Quiptic, nothing too obscure and entertaining along the way. My only reservation was with 24ac (see below) but this was offset by the novelty … Read more >>

Moley always produces a good Quiptic for us, but there were one or two here which didn’t quite work for me.         Abbreviations cd  cryptic definition dd  double definition (xxxx)* … Read more >>

This puzzle would have benefited from more accurate checking as there appears to be two errors (18ac & 13dn) unless I’ve missed something. Edit: perhaps I have missed something in 13dn (thanks Cookie @3). I had … Read more >>

This little baby took some considerable time to put to bed.  I tried singing and cuddling, but there’s still one I don’t understand; so Nutmeg’s puzzle is still not quite asleep.     … Read more >>

I swear on my life that I’m going to take up religion again, so that a deity can intercede on my behalf and arrange that I never again find myself having to blog … Read more >>

A nice and neat and easy enough Quiptic. Thanks to Hectence. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9 Fashionable mink has one consumed with anger (9) INFURIATE : IN(fashionable, as in “the in-crowd”) … Read more >>

When I started solving and blogging this morning, there wasn’t a setter’s name on the puzzle.  No matter – I enjoyed solving and blogging it.       Abbreviations cd  cryptic definition dd  … Read more >>

Very good Quiptic from Pan for our bank holiday entertainment – or at least for those of us who are enjoying a bank holiday today.         Abbreviations cd  cryptic definition … Read more >>

(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.)  This was made easier for me by … Read more >>

A Quiptic from our favourite Spice Girl this morning.  And a fine one it was too.  Beginners would have enjoyed this, I think.       Abbreviations cd  cryptic definition dd  double definition … Read more >>