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Guardian Quiptic 623 Pan

Mon October 24, 2011 at 10:26 am by scchua

A straightforward Quiptic, nicely pitched. The key to a quick solve are the 4 long answers horizontally and vertically around the centre. One of them was a new word to me, though the … Read more >>

Guardian 25,461 / Rufus

Mon October 24, 2011 at 10:30 amMon October 24, 2011 at 9:09 am by Eileen

A pleasant Rufus puzzle to start the week, with the expected succinctly elegant surfaces and touches of wry humour, with a liberal sprinkling of double definitions. There are a couple of old favourite … Read more >>

Cyclops 454: Body parts

Mon October 24, 2011 at 12:01 am by jetdoc

Even for a Cyclops, this one abounded in anatomical references. A fairly quick solve for me — nothing in the clues really held me up. Across 8 PSALTERY Players pissed round toilet’s entrance … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1130

Sun October 23, 2011 at 8:00 am by Jed

A smooth and enjoyable ride this week dd = double definition ( )* = anagram { } = omit < = reverse ACROSS 1 Start … Read more >>

Everyman crossword No 3,394

Sun October 23, 2011 at 12:25 am by Stella

A slightly more difficult offering than usual this week from Everyman, at least in a couple of clues. Even so, great fun, and the welcome chance to look up one of my favourite … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 1131/Poins

Sun October 23, 2011 at 12:01 am by Pierre

I found this quite a tough puzzle from Poins, but I didn’t help myself by initially entering a couple of wrong answers. That could be because I decided to tackle it with a … Read more >>

Azed 2055/all’s fair

Sun October 23, 2011 at 5:16 amSun October 23, 2011 at 12:01 am by ilancaron

A fairly straightforward Azed — relatively speaking. The usual frequent excursions to the BRB. But must be said, Azed is rarely if ever unfair and this is no exception. Across 1 S(LACK … Read more >>

Independent 7800 – Saturday Prize Puzzle – 15 October 2011 / Nestor

Sat October 22, 2011 at 2:00 am by duncanshiell

In one of the crossword blog sites I was reading last week I came across a comment from someone who said they enjoyed a specific crossword because the clues had ‘no triple lutz reversed … Read more >>

Enigmatic Variations No.988 – Pairs by Oxymoron

Sat October 29, 2011 at 1:14 pmSat October 22, 2011 at 12:00 am by Mister Sting

I found this an enjoyable little number. A certain amount of cold solving required for the thematic clues, but it was helpful that they were listed in alphabetical order. No word lengths given, … Read more >>

Guardian Prize 25,454 / Araucaria

Sat October 22, 2011 at 8:28 amFri October 21, 2011 at 9:08 pm by Eileen

As always, I was pleased to see Araucaria’s name on the Saturday Prize puzzle but was rather disappointed at how quickly I finished it – I like to savour these weekend ones. There … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 25,459 by Boatman

Fri October 21, 2011 at 1:45 pmFri October 21, 2011 at 4:21 am by PeterO

I found this tough going; either I am not on Boatman’s wavelength today, or he is committing some remarkably loose constructions. Still, there is much to like in the puzzle. Any shortcomings in the blog are the result of spending most of my time unravelling the wordplay in 1A!