Monday morning and of course it’s Rufus, oh hang on it’s not.
Independent 8884/Punk
I haven’t blogged a Punk puzzle in ages, so I was pleased to see Mr Halpern’s moniker at the top of the crossword this morning. In Another Place, as Paul, the setter has … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 803 Provis
(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 >>
Guardian Quiptic 803 with Picture Quiz
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) An enjoyable straightforward Quiptic with nice storytelling surfaces in the clues, thanks to Provis … Read more >>
Beelzebub 1,308
It may be my imagination, but I do seem to be drawing an easier share of the weeks than Gaufrid recently. In this case I managed all but a single square unaided. That … Read more >>
Everyman 3,573
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3573.
Genius 141 / Vlad
The preamble told us that in 11 clues the wordplay produces a letter surplus to the solution. In order, these 11 letters provide a cryptic definition for 10 other solutions, represented in their … Read more >>
Independent on Sunday 1310/Commoner
Took me ages to get going with this one; I’m putting it down to having to put the clocks forward and my brain therefore not being in gear on this Sunday morning. Some … Read more >>
AZED 2,234
I managed to charge through this pretty quickly at my desk while pretending to work (and listening to The Rolling Stones on YouTube — unrelated I think). A couple of wordplays still to resolve which I fully plan to… (best laid plans…)
Independent Saturday Prize Crossword 8877 by Klingsor 28/03/15
We started off very quickly with both of us solving 1AC as soon as we looked at the clue. Despite the setter, we wondered if we might be in for an easy solve. … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 26,531 / Otterden
I know that Otterden has plenty of admirers here but regular readers will know that he does not feature in my long list of favourite setters and so I have followed Qaos’ advice … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations 1166 Adventurous Group by Piccadilly
Some normal clues to be jumbled and some clues with additional letters in the wordplay to be entered normally. The extra letters spelling out the adventurous group who are in two symmetrically placed … Read more >>
Independent 8,882 by Phi
Every Friday we have the same thing, a very satisfactory and pleasant crossword from Phi, with few if any points of controversy. Initially, when I saw the answer ‘raindrop’ I thought Phi was balancing out all those rock music Ninas we so often have, by having nicknames of pieces of music, possibly just by Chopin, but either he is, and I am ignorant, or this was a false lead.
As usual with Phi for some reason, I was slow to start but then made steady progress.
Guardian Cryptic 26536 Chifonie
(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 puzzle, quite straightforward I … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 26536 with Picture Quiz
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) A nice puzzle, quite straightforward I thought. Thanks to Chifonie. Definitions are underlined in … Read more >>