Guardian Quiptic

Provis appears to be a brand new setter, who has started with a well-judged Quiptic, with nothing too hard for improving solvers. Across 1 Worries over the French game (8) FEARLESS Worries or … Read more >>

I thought this hit the spot for a Quiptic.  Good variety in the cluing; nothing too obscure; and where the wordplay was a little complicated, clear definitions.       Abbreviations cd  cryptic … Read more >>

The crossword was there all along, but mislabelled! It is now correctly placed at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/quiptic/743. When I finally got to solve the puzzle, it was not the easiest of Quiptics, with quite a … Read more >>

A workmanlike puzzle, lacking, for me, any stand-out clues, but then I’m no fan of improbable Spoonerisms. Most of the definitions given are from Chambers 12th Edition. Most of the standard abbreviations used … Read more >>

Perhaps the setters are cycling in sync with the bloggers, since I’ve got Moley again. This one seemed just right for a Quiptic, the clues straightforward as they should be and a good … Read more >>

I never really time myself when I’m doing a puzzle, but this Quiptic seemed to take a long time to nail down, which might mean it was trickier than it should have been.  … Read more >>

Just the right level of difficulty for a Quiptic, I thought.  Thanks to Pan.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Bereaved woman welcoming new opportunity for action (6) WINDOW : WIDOW(bereaved … Read more >>

With the exception of a handful of clues I didn’t enjoy this puzzle, and thought that some of the complex wordplay was out of place in a Quiptic.  I hope someone can improve … Read more >>

Parts of this were certainly very easy but on the whole I thought it was rather hard for a Quiptic – partly because some clues were a bit woolly. Across 1 Tell cockney … Read more >>

We don’t see Beale Quiptics very often.  This struck me as a sound puzzle, but there were one or two where it took me some time to see the parsing.       … Read more >>

You don’t usually see me in these parts but scchua is away travelling so I am standing in for him. I found this to be a straightforward solve, with a variety of devices, which … Read more >>

Apart from the overly-creative use of abbreviations this was a very enjoyable puzzle. Most of the definitions given are from Chambers 12th Edition. Most of the standard abbreviations used in the wordplay are … Read more >>

As you probably discovered, having so many unchecked letters at the start of words makes a crossword a bit harder to start with, but the ‘unchecked’ first letters were really checked after all … Read more >>

I am a bit late on parade this morning, partly because I found bits of this quite tricky.  There were certainly a good number of genuinely Quiptic clues to get you going, but … Read more >>

  This was an enjoyable, though perhaps on the easy side, Quiptic.  Thanks to Pan.  Definitions are underlined in the clues.  [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle.  Please … Read more >>