I think we have a rare beast here – the lesser-spotted ‘vanilla’ puzzle from Paul…
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Guardian Cryptic 28,696 by Pangakupu
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28696.
Guardian 28,695 / Paul
It’s Paul back today, less than a week after his Saturday Prize puzzle. I must admit to feeling not only exasperated at having to dot all over the grid, chasing Paul’s characteristic linked … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,694 by Tramp
A fun solve – I had a lot of favourites: 12ac, 23ac, 25ac, 1dn, 2dn, 5dn, 13dn, and 16dn. Thanks to Tramp for the puzzle
Guardian 28,693 – Brummie
A couple of slightly obscure words in this puzzle, but helpfully clued so they didn’t prevent me getting through it quite quickly. Thanks to Brummie. It helped that I spotted the theme early … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 1163 Matilda
Thank you to Matilda. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9. Good place to leave a boat in Alaska? (9) ANCHORAGE : Cryptic defn: Name of a port(a good place to leave … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,692 by Anto
My second Anto blog
Guardian Prize 28,685 / Brummie
It’s four months since Brummie appeared in the Saturday slot and that puzzle also fell to me to blog. It had Special Instructions, with eight clues producing one of a pair of commonly … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28690 Pasquale
Thank you to Pasquale. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 8. What Jacob was? Leader of House — stuffy with it (8) HAIRLESS : 1st letter of(Leader of) “House” plus(… with it) … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,689 by Nutmeg
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28689.
Guardian 28,688 / Philistine
It’s five months since I blogged a Philistine puzzle, so I was very pleased to see his name on this one. I thought this was Philistine in slightly less tricky mode, apart from … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,687 by Vulcan
Happy 90th to Rufus, and thanks to Vulcan for the puzzle…
Guardian Quiptic 1,162/Hectence
Hectence is a long-established and reliable setter of Quiptics. I have one or two niggles in this one, however. It’s still a puzzle that beginners would enjoy, I have to say. It was … Read more >>
Guardian 28,686 – Qaos
A pleasant surprise for me to see a Qaos puzzle today: not too hard but not a walkover either. And of course we have a theme, with some of the works of the … Read more >>
Guardian 28,679 / Picaroon
I really struggled with this one, but I think it has some really marvellous clues. Thanks, Picaroon! In particular, I liked HAND-ME-DOWN and MELONS, but there were lots of great clues here. Across … Read more >>