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Guardian 26,210 – Nutmeg

March 18, 2014 at 10:11 pmMarch 18, 2014 at 9:39 am by Andrew

Nutmeg has become quite a regular setter in the Cryptic seat recently. As she is perhaps better known as a Quiptic setter, I was expecting a fairly gentle ride this morning: maybe it’s … Read more >>

Once again a Rufus puzzle that is rather too heavy for my taste on the cryptic definitions (four of them, including a couple that seem barely cryptic) and double defintions (six, plus one … Read more >>

Azed 2178

March 9, 2014 at 1:42 amMarch 9, 2014 at 12:01 am by Andrew

A nice easy clue to the long 1 across gave me a good start to this, and I rattled through most of it prety quickly, though with a handful stragglers that needed a … Read more >>

Guardian 26,201 – Tramp

March 7, 2014 at 10:26 am by Andrew

I’ve just started working a four-day week as part of a gradual progress to retirement: today is my first non-working weekday of this arrangement, and how better to celebrate it than by blogging … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 128 – Boatman

March 2, 2014 at 12:01 am by Andrew

I had heard in advance that Boatman was to be the setter of this Genius, so I was a little apprehensive about it, as I often find even his regular puzzles quite hard. … Read more >>

Guardian 26,194 – Brummie

February 27, 2014 at 9:26 am by Andrew

Looking at previous blogs of Brummie’s puzzles, by myself and others, I find that a common introduction is something like “As is often the case with Brummie, this turned out easier than it … Read more >>

Guardian 26,187 – Enigmatist

February 19, 2014 at 8:17 am by Andrew

I blogged Enigmatist’s last weekday puzzle in April last year, and can repeat almost verbatim what I said then: “It’s been quite a while since we saw Enigmatist on a weekday … and … Read more >>

Guardian 26,180 – Chifonie

February 11, 2014 at 9:22 am by Andrew

I see it’s been corrected now, but when I went to the Guardian crossword page earlier this morning it said that today’s puzzle was by Philistine (though the puzzle itself had Chifonie’s name … Read more >>

Guardian 26,179 – Rufus

February 10, 2014 at 12:37 am by Andrew

It used to be fairly predictable that there would be a non-Rufus Monday every 4 or 5 weeks, but this one marks his ninth consecutive Monday. This one is very heavy on cryptic … Read more >>

Guardian 26173 – Rufus

February 3, 2014 at 9:09 am by Andrew

A very quick solve for me, though I needed references to remind myself what 20a was on about. Apart from that, a characteristic Rufus to start the week and the month. Thanks to … Read more >>

Guardian 26,171 – Paul

January 31, 2014 at 12:49 am by Andrew

After yesterday’s excitement, with an outstanding Nimrod and two wonderful Arachnes (well, an Arachne and a “Rosa Klebb”), I was worried that today might be a let-down in comparison. Fortunately we have Paul … Read more >>

Azed 2172

January 26, 2014 at 12:05 am by Andrew

This was in the “not too difficult” category of Azed puzzles, at least as far as completing the grid was concerned. As often happens, confirming all the details to complete the blog took … Read more >>

Guardian 26,164 – Shed

January 26, 2014 at 11:33 amJanuary 23, 2014 at 9:12 am by Andrew

The last Shed I blogged, in September, was rather a gentle one, but this one was, at least for me, at the opposite end of the spectrum: it took me a while to … Read more >>

Guardian 26,157 – Qaos

January 15, 2014 at 10:22 am by Andrew

This was a puzzle of two halves for me: at one point I found I’d done all of the left-hand side, with the right side almost completely empty. Fortunately I got there in … Read more >>

Guardian 26,150 – Nutmeg

January 7, 2014 at 8:45 am by Andrew

A busy week for Nutmeg, with the Quiptic yesterday and a cryptic today. Some nice sound clueing here; I had a feeling as I was working though the puzzle that there were rather … Read more >>