Guardian Quiptic – Page 39

Guardian Quiptic 824/Pan

Mon August 31, 2015 at 8:31 am by Pierre

A fine Quiptic from Pan, as usual. I do wish the Quiptic setters would stop using this stupid Guardian grid, though. It’s got so many entries with less than 50% checking and is … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 823 Hectence

Mon August 24, 2015 at 12:53 pmMon August 24, 2015 at 9:50 am by scchua

(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.) A nice Quiptic, perhaps a bit … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 822/Anto

Mon August 17, 2015 at 6:53 am by Pierre

This is Anto’s third Quiptic, and it’s fair to say that his/her first two – on Fifteensquared at least – did not receive universal acclaim. There were several very good clues in here, … Read more >>

Quiptic 821 by Provis

Mon August 10, 2015 at 10:25 amMon August 10, 2015 at 8:46 am by newmarketsausage

Our favourite Dickensian returns to the Quiptic slot to pummel our dozy Monday morning brains.

Guardian Quiptic 820/Orlando

Mon August 3, 2015 at 11:03 amMon August 3, 2015 at 6:58 am by Pierre

We’ve not seen Orlando in the Quiptic for ages, but this is a very welcome return visit. Immaculately clued and perfect for this slot. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 819 Pan

Tue July 28, 2015 at 1:38 amMon July 27, 2015 at 4:08 am by scchua

(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.) Thanks to Pan for a puzzle … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 818/Moley

Mon July 20, 2015 at 7:16 am by Pierre

Moley has produced a fine Quiptic for us this morning. Plenty of Easy Annies to get us going, then the rest clearly clued with some lovely surfaces. And as we have remarked many … Read more >>

Quiptic 817 by Hectence

Mon July 13, 2015 at 12:04 pmMon July 13, 2015 at 9:07 am by newmarketsausage

Hectence returns to the Quiptic slot with a puzzle that provides the old grey matter with a decent Monday morning workout.

Guardian Quiptic 816/Beale

Mon July 6, 2015 at 9:38 am by Pierre

Goodness, it’s many a moon since we last saw a Quiptic from Beale. Perhaps the editor was tidying out his filing cabinet and found this one at the back. I found it hard. … Read more >>

Quiptic 815 by Anto

Mon June 29, 2015 at 8:45 am by newmarketsausage

A second outing for Anto in the Quiptic slot.

Guardian Quiptic 814/Pan

Mon June 22, 2015 at 9:10 am by Pierre

I enjoyed this one, as I usually do with a Pan puzzle. What did you think? My objective for today is to get a lurker to make his or her first comment, since … Read more >>

Quiptic 813 by Provis

Mon June 15, 2015 at 11:23 amMon June 15, 2015 at 8:49 am by newmarketsausage

The miserable wretch Provis occupies the Quiptic slot this week.

Moley has transformed herself into Mary Poppins this morning. If you talk to setters, they will say that compiling ‘easy’ puzzles is actually the hardest thing to do, because you’ve almost got … Read more >>

Quiptic 811 by Nutmeg

Mon June 1, 2015 at 12:36 pmMon June 1, 2015 at 8:29 am by newmarketsausage

Nutmeg makes a welcome return to the Quiptic slot with a nicely crafted puzzle that provides a good Monday morning work out for the old grey cells.

Guardian Quiptic 810/Pan

Mon May 25, 2015 at 8:14 am by Pierre

Took me a while to get started with this one, but that could just be me in lazy Bank Holiday mood. It all fell out steadily in the end, with some clues I … Read more >>