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(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) Imogen is a new Guardian Cryptic setter. A check of the Guardian archives shows … Read more >>
Well, we were ready for a Thursday toughie, and then we found it was an Anax today – always a good challenge! 1 across had us really worried – not a good start! … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Feb 24 An enjoyable Crux in his familiar style. Somewhat more double definitions, perhaps, and a mini-mini theme linked to 1 Across (which, unfortunately, I cannot fully explain). The puzzle contained … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 22, 2014 I finished this puzzle in one sitting, something that does not happen often. This is not to say I found it completely easy; … Read more >>
Gozo is on top form today.
It is Wednesday today, so it was no surprise to find Dac’s latest offering to tackle this morning. I found this easier than the average Dac puzzle, and made steady progress from start … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26199. Apart from 3D, where I seem to be missing something, this is a typical Chifonie, straightforward and precise. Across 1. Help to retain wide deviation … Read more >>
The clues were normal this week, no extra or missing letters and no hidden message to discover. The rubric read: Clashes in a small number of cells must be resolved, and the central … Read more >>
I’m a big fan of Qaos’ puzzles. His first cryptic appeared just over two years ago and I blog once a week, yet this is the first of his to fall to me. … 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.) At first glance, this looked daunting, … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) At first glance, this looked daunting, with its 15-letter answers round the perimeter. But … Read more >>
A good puzzle from Scorpion today which brought back a few memories. There are a surprising number of models of FORD cars that Scorpion could have used, but I think … Read more >>
I was delighted to see that today’s puzzle was by one of my favourite Quiptic setters, and I wasn’t disappointed. Just the ticket for new solvers. Most of the definitions given are from … Read more >>
As expected, plenty of double/cryptic defs and neat surfaces from Rufus, with a few other nice clues thrown in. My favourites were 11ac, 13ac, 8dn and 9dn.
A typical, and pleasing, Monday puzzle from Quixote. Enough anagrams to get the improving solver going, and then a generous grid which meant that once you’d got going, you’d get finished. Only a … Read more >>