Guardian Cryptic N° 25,938 by Araucaria
Posted by PeterO on 3rd May 2013
The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25938.
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Guardian Cryptic 25937 Puck
Posted by scchua on 2nd May 2013
An enjoyable bit-of-a-challenge puzzle from Puck, whom I haven’t blogged before. Some interesting and satisfying clues. Thanks to Puck. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle. Please enclose any comments on them in double brackets. Thank you.]]
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Guardian 25,936 / Paul
Posted by Eileen on 1st May 2013
Another very entertaining puzzle [squeaky-clean today!] from Paul, with some clever clues, as usual, providing a number of smiles along the way. Many thanks for the fun, Paul – I really enjoyed it
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Guardian 25,935 by Gordius
Posted by Uncle Yap on 30th April 2013
I careered through this puzzle merrily until the very last clue and I am still wondering. Otherwise, an easy-going puzzle today
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Guardian 25,934 – Rufus
Posted by Andrew on 29th April 2013
The usual Rufus style, which was pretty much a write-in for me today, though I’m puzzled by the construction of 20d. Not any more – see comments Read the rest of this entry »
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Guardian 25,927 / Crucible
Posted by mhl on 27th April 2013
Apologies for the late post – we didn’t complete this last Saturday morning, and I managed to forget that I was meant to be writing a post about it. Anyway, we found this difficult, but it’s a high quality crossword with lots of lovely clues. There’s a theme of the 60th anniversary of Crick and Watson’s discovery of the structure of DNA. The rubric, with clue answers substituted, reads:
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Guardian Cryptic N° 25,932 by Orlando
Posted by PeterO on 26th April 2013
The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25932.
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Guardian 25,931 / Paul
Posted by Eileen on 25th April 2013
I think this is one of the easiest Paul puzzles I’ve solved – but no less enjoyable for that - and, after yesterday, that’s perhaps a bit of a relief. Clues such as 20ac, 22ac, 25ac, 4dn, 18dn – and also 8,24ac - give strong hints as to the authorship and provide a few smiles / sniggers. There are, as always, some inventive anagram and insertion indicators, ingenious constructions and witty surfaces. Many thanks, Paul!
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Guardian 25,930 – Enigmatist
Posted by Andrew on 24th April 2013
It’s been quite a while since we saw Enigmatist on a weekday — not since 5 July last year in fact — and as always I was a little apprehensive when I saw his name. I got a few answers quickly and thought this might be one of his gentler efforts, but slowed down rather towards the end. There are a couple of clues I can’t fully parse, and I have a query about the answer given in the online version for 24a. In the interests of getting the blog published I will now hand over to m’learned friends in the comments.
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Guardian 25,929 by Pasquale
Posted by Uncle Yap on 23rd April 2013
I cannot say I enjoyed this too much today and I am not grumpy. (Why do some people say I am grumpy whenever I point out something I do not like very much?) There are far too many homophone clues and I have found both here and at TFTTimes blog that pronunciation differ throughout the English-speaking world (e.g. last week’s wee jars and wee gees) Occasionally, homophone may make for a clever device but it can be overdone, like today
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Guardian 25,928 – Chifonie
Posted by manehi on 22nd April 2013
Enjoyable and not too difficult. Favourite clues were 18a, 21a and 11d.
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Guardian Prize Puzzle No 25,921 by Araucaria
Posted by bridgesong on 20th April 2013
There are two mini=themes in this puzzle, brought together at 20,21. One is the Shakespearean quotation, and the other is the centenary of the crossword. I solved this one on the plane to Venice, in which fine city I have composed this blog, and where I shall be until late Saturday afternoon. Stupidly I forgot to bring a power lead for the laptop, so it’s likely to be out of action by Saturday . I’ll do my best to respond to comments via my ipad, wi-fi permitting. A wide range of clue types and difficulty levels, I thought. Read the rest of this entry »
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Guardian 25,926 / Arachne
Posted by Eileen on 19th April 2013
What a treat to end a good week of crosswords! – a welcome return for Arachne, up to her usual witty wiles. The first two across clues were real ‘Won’t you come into my parlour?’ enticements. Thereafter, the solving [and parsing] got trickier, as we would expect, but it was sheer delight all the way, with several chortles as one by one the pennies dropped. As has been said before, it’s always worth going back, after teasing out Arachne’s ingenious constructions, to savour the clever, amusing and often topical surfaces.
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Guardian 25,925 – Araucaria
Posted by Andrew on 18th April 2013
Araucaria keeps them coming (I’m glad to say – see also yesterday’s FT puzzle by his alter ego Cinephile if you haven’t already). I found this mostly quite straightforward, though with some clues where the answer was fairly obvious but the wordplay took some working out. The NW corner was the last to yield. (I’m typing this on a small laptop in a hotel room, so there may be (even) more typos than usual – apologies in advance if so.)
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Guardian Cryptic N° 25,924 by Picaroon
Posted by PeterO on 17th April 2013
The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25924.
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