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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 >>
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.
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 >>
An entertaining and teasing challenge from my favourite Manchester City fan and guinea pig fancier.
A new Quiptic setter today, to whom welcome. However, he or she is not going to welcome my thoughts on the puzzle that appeared as a Quiptic today. This can be a brutal … Read more >>
Thanks to Provis. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Exclude man with a head scarf (7) BANDANA : BAN(to exclude) + DAN(a man’s name) plus(with) A. 5 It is found in skull contents … Read more >>
Not sure what to make of this one. The grid wasn’t helpful to the solve; there were some clues I found hard to parse; and I think one clue is faulty. … Read more >>
Moley returns to the Quiptic slot with a puzzle offering plenty of encouragement to beginning solvers, while not presenting too many difficulties for those looking for a quick cryptic fix. A puzzle perfectly pitched, in other words, for a Quiptic, and a nicely gentle start to the cryptic week.
I’m usually a big fan of her Quiptics, but Hectence has given us an over-complicated one here, I fancy. The grid didn’t help. Anyway, over to you. Abbreviations cd cryptic … 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.) An enjoyable straightforward Quiptic with nice … Read more >>
There was some tough stuff for a Quiptic in Pan’s puzzle today. Or perhaps I’m just jet-lagged from putting the clocks forward at the weekend. What did you think? … Read more >>
An engaging offering from Nutmeg to start us on the cryptic week.
Good puzzle from Hectence, and it came together nicely once I’d got a foothold; but some seriously tricky ones in here, for this solver at least. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd … Read more >>
A fair Quiptic, with a couple of clues that I felt weren’t that cryptic, even for a Quiptic. Thanks to Moley. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 7 Goddess just atrophied away (9) … Read more >>
Late on parade; apologies. Laptop meltdown when I was about to post. Has anyone else screamed abuse at an inanimate object? Enjoyed it, but a bit hard for a … Read more >>