Posted by scchua on 19th November 2012
A straightforward enjoyable puzzle, just nice for a Monday. Thanks to Pan. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzze. Please enclose any comments on them in double brackets.]]
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Posted by Big Dave on 12th November 2012
I found this Hectence puzzle a little disappointing. Some of the constructs were on the tough side for a crossord targetted at beginners and I have previously expressed my dislike for wordplay that uses the same root as the answer (as in 8 and 17 down). Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Pierre on 5th November 2012
In case you think I have been hogging the blog recently, I am standing in again today for Peter O, who as a New York resident has been affected by Sandy. He is safe and well, but still without power and therefore internet access. It was no hardship to do the blog this morning, since this is a pleasing Quiptic from Beale, with just one clue where the parsing took me a while to see.
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Posted by Pierre on 29th October 2012
Moley has produced a sound enough Quiptic this morning, I think, although there were one or two bits of inelegant cluing in my opinion. And, embarrassingly for a Quiptic, there’s one where I can’t see how it works.
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Posted by scchua on 22nd October 2012
A straightforward Quiptic. Thanks to Nutmeg for some enjoyable surfaces. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom of the blog have unidentified links to the puzzle.]]
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Posted by Big Dave on 15th October 2012
Orlando is one of a couple of Quiptic setters whose puzzles I always enjoy solving. Today I wasn’t disappointed. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by PeterO on 8th October 2012
It is always a pleasure to see the name Arachne at the head of a crossword.
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Posted by Pierre on 1st October 2012
Generally a sound puzzle from Pan, but with one or two slightly unusual words. To be fair, these were well signposted.
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Posted by scchua on 24th September 2012
I found this, in parts, trickier than the usual Quiptic, taking longer to complete as a result. But no complaints, and thank you to Nutmeg. My COD was the very clever 13down. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle. Please enclose comments about them in double brackets.]]
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Posted by Big Dave on 17th September 2012
A very straightforward puzzle from Moley, with no high or low points. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by PeterO on 10th September 2012
I made heavy weather of this one, and there are a couple of clues where I am not sure if the wordplay.
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Posted by Pierre on 3rd September 2012
I came off the bench to do a rushed blog for Orlando’s Guardian cryptic puzzle last week, and we come across each other again this morning. I thought this was a nicely constructed Quiptic which fulfilled its brief to be suitable for ‘beginners and those in a hurry’. I wasn’t in a particular hurry today, though, and enjoyed the range of cluing devices and story-telling surfaces.
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Posted by scchua on 27th August 2012
An enjoyable Arachne, perhaps a shade more difficult than the usual Quiptic. Thanks Arachne – a great job at setting puzzles at both ends of the difficulty spectrum. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Apologies for the later than usual posting (lunch appointment). [[The pictures at the bottom of the blog have unidentified links to the puzzle.]]
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Posted by Big Dave on 20th August 2012
This was a considerable improvement on the last Quiptic by Pan that I reviewed, but I was a tad disappointed that the puzzle number failed to lead to Revelations about The Beast! Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by PeterO on 13th August 2012
I was wondering why there was no Quiptic blog yet; then I discovered that I was due to write it. I think this hits just the right note for a Quiptic.
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