Guardian 27,647 – Brummie
Pretty easy-going for a Brummie, I thought, with just a little trouble finishing off the SW corner. Brummie doesn’t always do themes, but I spotted one here quite quickly (which helped with a … Read more >>
Andrew
Guardian 27,642 – Imogen
My second appearance of the week, standing in for Eileen who is on holiday. I found this pretty tough: slow to start and not much quicker even when I had some answers in. … Read more >>
Guardian 27,640 – Chifonie
It was no surprise to see a Chifonie today after Vulcan last week, as the two of them have set more than half the Monday puzzles since Rufus’s retirement. This one was a … Read more >>
Azed 2417 – Right & Left
I started doing the Azed puzzles when I was a first-year undergraduate; I solved this one on the day before I qualified for my state pension. Tempus fugit indeed. The Right & Left … Read more >>
Guardian 27,638 – Puck
Puck never disappoints, and here is another fine example… … with a mini(?) theme given by the song at 11,26, which was written by HARRY WARREN and MACK GORDON. I can’t see any … Read more >>
Guardian 27,631 – Qaos
Good fun as always from Qaos, with a couple of his trademark mathematical clues… … and as (almost) always, a ghost theme, this time of newspapers: we have the DAILY TELEGRAPH, EXPRESS, STAR … Read more >>
Guardian 27,624 – Arachne
A nice surprise to get an Arachne for my first blog after a couple of weeks away in the Highlands (thanks to Loonapick and Teacow for keeping my seat warm). Lots of fun … Read more >>
Guardian 27,608 – Paul
No doubt about whether there was a theme here, with many references to “2 great”. I got a couple of the linked answers first, which revealed what 2d had to be, and the … Read more >>
Guardian Genius 182 – Puck
This didn’t take me as long as some Geniuses, but it was nevertheless a puzzling experience. It soon became obvious that “the clues to the other solutions have an unwanted 22, either in … Read more >>
Azed 2411
Quite a high proportion of obscure words in this one, I think, but even so I managed to finish it quite quickly, and almost entirely without aids, thanks to educated guesswork resulting from … Read more >>
Guardian 27,601 – Picaroon
To paraphrase Dr Johnson, when a solver is tired of Picaroon’s puzzles, he is tired of life; and here is another fine example of the genre. I can’t see a theme in this … Read more >>
Guardian 27,594 – Imogen
This was considerably more of a challenge than yesterday’s Qaos, but after a slow start it yielded steadily and satisfyingly, with a couple of tricky parsings to work out at the end. Thanks … Read more >>
Guardian 27,587 – Arachne
My second blog of the week, as promised, and it was a delight to find Arachne’s name on today’s puzzle. Mostly not too hard, though 5d took me a while to parse, but … Read more >>
Guardian 27586 – Chifonie
You’ll be getting a double dose of me this week, as I’m standing in for the holidaying Loonapick this morning. This was a typically quick solve from this setter, with mostly straightforward constructions … Read more >>
Guardian 27,580 – Pan
Pan is one of the regulars in the Monday slot, and in fact last appeared only two weeks ago. He/she also sets Quiptics, and is usually well towards the “easy” end of the … Read more >>