Guardian Quiptic nº568, by Hectence
A straightforward Quiptic this week, with a number of tried and trusted devices, and very few less-known words. A good one for a beginner, my only quibble being 25ac., which I’m not sure … Read more >>
Month: October 2010
Independent on Sunday 1076 by Quixote – 26th September 2010
We were very happy that Quixote went easy on us this week, as we completed this one with considerable hangovers after the joy of the Azed 2,000 lunch. Nothing too taxing here, but … Read more >>
Everyman No. 3339 (26th September)
Lorraine: I must admit I struggled slightly this week due to being a tad hungover from the Azed luncheon in Oxford. Excellent puzzle as always. I particularly liked 3dn, good anagram. Thank you … Read more >>
Guardian Genius 87 by Lavatch
Six months have passed, so it must be my turn to blog a Guardian Genius again. I have solved one or two Lavatch puzzles in The Listener so I knew this would … Read more >>
Azed 2000
We all knew this puzzle would be some kind of special, but I doubt many guessed the exact kind correctly. It turned out that two letters had to be removed from the answers … Read more >>
Independent 7471 – Saturday Prize Puzzle (25 September 2010) by Nestor
I’m sorry that you are stuck with two Saturday puzzle blogs in a row from me, but thanks to the other Saturday Independent bloggers for letting me do some swaps to overcome periods when … Read more >>
Guardian 25,125 / Araucaria (25 Sept)
I do enjoy Araucaria’s alphabetical jigsaws and this was no exception. I don’t remember one previously where the answers could be entered into the grid in two possible ways but the completed grid … Read more >>
Enigmatic Variations No. 933 – Grackles by Oxymoron
I ‘missed the boat’ at first on this one – thinking it was referring to ‘grockles’, a mildly derogatory term for incomer, or tourist, in some parts of the UK, so I was … Read more >>
Independent 7,476/Phi
The usual excellent puzzle from Phi. Definitely some tough words in here I thought and I needed a bit of help to finish it off. Lovely clueing as always though. Across 1 SCHEDULE … Read more >>
Guardian 25,130 – Arachne
The kiss of the spiderwoman turned out to be not too severe today, with help from easy clues to the long answers at 1ac and 7dn. There’s some quite devious wordplay, though, that … Read more >>
Financial Times 13,505 / Mudd
Mudd’s puzzle brims with wit and laugh-out-loud moments. The top-right gave me with some moments of anxiety with words for Portmouth and Ireland that I didn’t know, and 4A took a long time … Read more >>