A quick, enjoyable solve. Favourites 12ac and 25ac. Thanks, Chifonie.
manehi
Guardian Cryptic 27,183 by Nutmeg
A tough solve and an enjoyable one – I really liked 22/26ac, 19dn and 23dn. Thanks, Nutmeg
Guardian Cryptic 27,176 by Pan
Very nice and quite tricky in places – my favourites were 13ac, 24ac and 19dn. Thanks, Pan.
Guardian Cryptic 27,169 by Philistine
Lots of tricks, and lots of parsing after the fact. Favourite clues were 15ac, 4dn, 5dn and 18dn. Thanks, Philistine.
Guardian Cryptic 27,162 by Vlad
Found this pretty tricky, with a few going in without parsing for a while. Favourites were 1ac, 5ac, 18ac and 27ac – thanks, Vlad.
Guardian Cryptic 27,155 by Chifonie
Apologies for the later blog than usual.
A lovely puzzle with many elegant constructions – I particularly liked 4ac, 12ac, 20ac, 2dn, 10dn and 16dn. Thanks, Chifonie
Guardian Cryptic 27,153 by Paul
A real toughie…
Guardian Cryptic 27,139 by Chifonie
Found this extremely straightforward – favourites were 11ac and 8dn. Thanks, Chifonie
Guardian Cryptic 27,132 by Sphinx
The first Sphinx puzzle I’ve seen, and a bit of a mixed bag. Mostly clever with some obscure words and some awkward parsing. Favourites were 20ac and 8dn. Thanks, Sphinx
Edit: since blogging, the online version of the puzzle has added [italics mine]:
“Special instructions: Having solved this puzzle, tonight’s episode of ‘Inside No 9’ on BBC2 at 10pm would interest you”
The episode is titled ‘The Riddle of the Sphinx’, and involves a cryptic setter and a woman named Nina… [BBC link] [Fifteensquared post]
Second Edit: [Link to a separate post with spoilers for the TV episode]
Guardian Cryptic 27,125 by Rufus
Nice and mostly very straightforward – favourites 9ac, 11ac, 30ac, and 6dn. Thanks, Rufus.
Guardian Cryptic 27,123 by Crucible
Found this quite tricky…
Guardian Cryptic 27,116 by Picaroon
Lovely stuff from Picaroon – favourites were 9dn and 22dn.
Guardian Cryptic 27,109 by Arachne
A rare pleasure to see Arachne. Favourites were 25a, 27a, 15d, 19d, and 24d.