Comments on: Guardian Quiptic N° 617 by Nutmeg

By: Derek Lazenby

Derek Lazenby — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:58:17 +0000

In a hurry? Then Rufus was better for that today! The odd clue was just a bit on the tricky side for one of these.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:20:32 +0000

Thanks Peter. I thought this was a lovely puzzle, just right for a Quiptic but with some inventive clues: I liked EQUAL, EASTER EGG and TREE in particular.

Btw, I noticed the other week that the Quiptic blurb no longer describes it as ‘part-cryptic, part plain’ It now publicises itself as ‘A web-only cryptic puzzle for beginners and those in a hurry’, which is a much better description.

By: Robi

Robi — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:39:19 +0000

Thanks Nutmeg and PeterO for an entertaining Quiptic.

I’ve only just got the ‘hunters’ in 7 as in the traditional Easter Egg hunts. I thought of chorister for choirboy but eventually found the treble. I didn’t quite get the EQUAL parsed correctly; thanks for that. A clever clue.