PeterO

Born 1944. I was introduced to cryptics, mainly the Telegraph, in the sixth form, as a group effort. This continued through college (physics), and after, but more sporadically after I moved to the US forty years ago. Now I am semi-retired from programming - I drive school buses - I have time to troll the internet for crosswords to my heart's content. I regularly do the Guardian, Independent FT and Private Eye. Despite rather regular entries to Private Eye and the Guardian Genius, the nearest I have come to winning anything was on a book publishers' website, a crossword compiled by Eddie James, I think. As the prizes included a bottle of Champagne, to avoid customs problems, I entered in my brother-in-law's name. He was somewhat surprised to win.

Guardian Cryptic N° 26,153 by Arachne

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The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26153. Arachne in fine form, including one clue (18D) that beats me. Across 1. Advancing or retreating, it is in bad odour (8) POSITING An envelope (‘in’) … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 26,133 by Tramp

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The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26133. At first glance, the puzzle seemed decidedly weird, with improbable names scattered through the clues.Eventually the penny dropped – they are all characters in Roald Dahl’s … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 26,117 by Paul

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Until the Guardian gets its act together, the puzzle may be found only in its PDF form, at http://static.guim.co.uk/crosswords/pdfs/gdn.cryptic.20131127.pdf. Sorry, wrong link,; but it should have read …20131128.pdf; but as of noon GMT, the puzzle is available also in its normal interactive form at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26117. Again, apologies – it was getting rather late when I finally got to writing up the preamble.

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