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Guardian 27,115 – Paul

Wed February 8, 2017 at 8:23 am by Andrew

There’s nothing particularly wrong with this, but somehow it didn’t entertain me as much as Paul’s puzzles usually do. Nevertheless there was some good stuff here – thanks to Paul. … Read more >>

Guardian 27,108 – Paul

Tue January 31, 2017 at 9:23 am by Andrew

Unusually, there was no Paul puzzle in Guardian last week, so here he is early on to compensate – maybe we’ll see him on Saturday as well. I found this one a bit … Read more >>

Guardian 27,101 – Rufus

Mon January 23, 2017 at 7:51 am by Andrew

A typical Rufus, with lots of double and cryptic definitions – some of the later being rather weak, I think, including one that seems not cryptic at all. Quite a few anagrams in … Read more >>

Azed 2327

Sun January 22, 2017 at 9:57 amSun January 22, 2017 at 12:05 am by Andrew

A medium-strength Azed, with a fairly high proportion of unfamilar words, in the wordplay as well as the answers. My solving pattern turned out to be more or less from top left to … Read more >>

Guardian 27,099 – Bonxie

Fri January 20, 2017 at 9:20 amFri January 20, 2017 at 8:47 am by Andrew

I made a slow start on this, but after a while had filled the bottom half. The top half took rather longer… For my taste there are rather too many inaccurate or ungrammatical … Read more >>

Guardian 27,092 – Vlad

Thu January 12, 2017 at 8:59 amThu January 12, 2017 at 7:52 am by Andrew

It’s only just over two weeks since I last blogged a Vlad puzzle, and as usual I approached it with some trepidation. However, it turned out to be rather a gentle one by … Read more >>

Guardian 27,085 – Nutmeg

Wed January 4, 2017 at 8:24 am by Andrew

Nutmeg can be quite a tricky setter when she wants to be, and I found myself making slow but steady progress with this one. (The fact that there are a lot of long … Read more >>

Guardian 27,078 – Vlad

Tue December 27, 2016 at 9:13 am by Andrew

Phew! A tough challenge from Vlad this morning, despite a few easy clues to get me started (including a couple of old chestnuts at 5a and 8d). I had quite a lot of … Read more >>

Guardian 27,071 – Rufus

Mon December 19, 2016 at 8:27 am by Andrew

Mostly a quick and easy solve today, with a couple of old chestnuts (well, it is nearly Christmas..), though I had a bit of trouble finishing off the SW corner. Thanks to Rufus. … Read more >>

Guardian 27,069 – Imogen

Fri December 16, 2016 at 9:14 am by Andrew

A remarkable construction today, with lots of multi-light answers, forming a symmetrical pattern in the grid. This leads to a smaller number of clues than usual, so it was bit harder to get … Read more >>

Azed 2322

Sun December 11, 2016 at 9:00 amSun December 11, 2016 at 12:05 am by Andrew

As is quite common, there are a couple of minor typos in the clues. More seriously, that fact that this is a competition puzzle was not mentioned (at least initially) on the website, … Read more >>

Guardian 27,062 – Paul

Thu December 8, 2016 at 9:05 am by Andrew

It was obvious that there was a theme based around 5d. After a fairly easy start (particularly in the NW corner) my way in was to spot the long phrase at 21,18,17 when … Read more >>

Guardian 27,055 – Paul

Wed November 30, 2016 at 8:15 am by Andrew

The brilliantly appropriate 1d is a stand-out here, but there’s lots of other good stuff too. 27a to Paul. Across 1. MONKEY BUSINESS Hanky-panky king breaking bank, … Read more >>

Guardian 27,048 – Pasquale

Tue November 22, 2016 at 3:40 pmTue November 22, 2016 at 9:15 am by Andrew

We expect a couple of unfamiliar words in a Pasquale puzzle, but he’s excelled himself in this one (at least as far as I’m concerned) in the SE corner. (I wonder what one … Read more >>

Guardian 27041 – Nutmeg

Mon November 14, 2016 at 9:19 amMon November 14, 2016 at 8:32 am by Andrew

A nice surprise to see Nutmeg’s name this morning. A suitable straightforward puzzle for a Monday, though by no means a write-in, and with (as we would expect) some very nice clues. Thanks … Read more >>