Guardian 25,930 – Enigmatist
It’s been quite a while since we saw Enigmatist on a weekday — not since 5 July last year in fact — and as always I was a little apprehensive when I saw … Read more >>
Andrew
Guardian 25,925 – Araucaria
Araucaria keeps them coming (I’m glad to say – see also yesterday’s FT puzzle by his alter ego Cinephile if you haven’t already). I found this mostly quite straightforward, though with some clues … Read more >>
Guardian 25,920 – Puck
A very enjoyable puzzle from Puck, with lots of clever and tricky clueing. I thought 14a was particularly good (after I realised it wasn’t just a cryptic definition), but there were many others … Read more >>
Azed 2130
Another low- to medium-strength Azed, which didn’t keep me from my Easter eggs for too long, but provided good entertainment on the way. There seems to have been a rare lapse from strict … Read more >>
Guardian 25,910 – Rufus
No April foolery here (unless I’ve been fooled..), just the usual type of puzzle we expect from Rufus; if anything rather easy even by his standards, apart from one possibly obscure word that … Read more >>
Guardian 25,906 – Orlando
Mostly following the easy trend of the week so far, though a couple of place names may be unfamiliar to some, but as always with Orlando a quality puzzle with immaculate clueing and … Read more >>
Guardian 25,901 – Picaroon
It’s exactly a month since I last blogged a Picaroon puzzle. No technical problems this time, and fewer obscurities (last time we had NGULTRUM and EIGENVECTOR among others), but I still found it … Read more >>
Guardian 25,896 – Tramp
Tramp has been turning up about once a month in the Guardian recently, and I think thoroughly deserves this regular exposure. This is another high-quality puzzle, with some clever, and sometimes quite tricky, … Read more >>
Guardian 25,886 – Brendan
I was thinking we were about due a non-Rufus Monday, and was delighted to see Brendan’s name on this puzzle. The usual light touch – mostly not too difficult, a couple of perhaps … Read more >>
Guardian Genius 116 – Qaos
After a worryingly poor showing in my first session on this one, things went much better in the second and I managed to work my way bit by bit though it, with the … Read more >>
Guardian 25,882 – Orlando
A typically well-crafted and entertaining puzzle from Orlando, where the wit is often concealed under a mask of modest understatement. There’s a musical theme, with a number of famous songs and performers appearing … Read more >>
Azed 2124
Having scarcely finished the previous week’s difficult Misprints puzzle before starting on this one I was expecting (hoping for?) a bit of a respite,. and so it proved, with a puzzle that was … Read more >>
Guardian 25,877 – Picaroon
A belated and hurried posting, partly due to the Guardian’s failure to publish the puzzle properly on its website (the online version is still not there as I write this), so apologies in … Read more >>
Guardian 25,872 – Arachne
Well, you can’t go wrong with Arachne, as shown by her Quiptic on Monday this week, and now this cryptic. I got a few answers very quickly, and thought it was going to … Read more >>
Guardian 25,858 – Gordius
There seemed to be less to nitpick about here than I usually find in Gordius puzzles, but not a great deal to get excited about either, with a lot of very easy clues, … Read more >>