Quiptic 597/Nutmeg

Called off the bench by Gaufrid as substitute blogger.  I suspect the difficulty is that the Guardian website is still showing last week’s puzzle.  Anyway, if anyone does access the crossword, then this … Read more >>

Quiptic 596/Hectence

A well-clued and straightforward puzzle from Hectence today, with only a couple of clues falling into the more difficult category. dd  double definition cd  cryptic definition (xxxx)*  anagram anagrind = anagram indicator Across … Read more >>

Quiptic 592/Nutmeg

Apart from a couple of niggles, I enjoyed this puzzle.  There was an interesting variety of clues and of subject matter. Football fans will be familiar with the term ‘nutmeg’, where a player … Read more >>