Andrew

Qaos has a tendency to be somewhat “liberal” with his cryptic grammar at times. I don’t usually complain about this, but there seems to be rather more of it than usual here, with … Read more >>

Matilda is familiar as a setter of Quiptics, but I think this is her first appearance in the cryptic spot. This was an enjoyable but brief diversion as another long day of confinement … Read more >>

Another quickie from Vulcan, with what felt like a lot of anagrams and the usual smattering of cryptic definitions. Thanks to Vulcan.             Across 1. LEGIBLE On stage, … Read more >>

I made a slow start on this, and didn’t get much quicker as I eventually progressed. A few tricky parsings too, even when the answer was (reasonably) clear. There’s an obvious Houdini theme … Read more >>

The rather strange grid, combined with four long multi-light answers, leads to an unusually small number of across clues Good fun as always from Nutmeg, though, so thanks to her.       … Read more >>

Even by “gentle Monday” standards I made short work of this, with a lot of write-ins. There seems to be a definite mistake in one clue, and I have a couple of other … Read more >>

I made a slow start on this, with very few answers on my first pass through, but once I had a few in I was lucky to guess the long phrases from their … Read more >>

I got off to a promising start, with 1a and 5a going in immediately, but then slowed down somewhat. However, Nutmeg’s elegant and clear clueing gradually led me satisfyingly through to the finish, … Read more >>