It’s Anto’s turn in the Quiptic slot this week.
Guardian
Guardian Cryptic 28,441 by Pan
Enjoyable and mostly quite straightforward, with a few more complicated parsings to work out at the end. Favourites were 17ac, 5dn, and 16dn. Thanks to Pan
Guardian Prize 28,434 by Bogus
A rare puzzle by a setter whose puzzles always seem to celebrate a special day.
Guardian Cryptic 28,439 by Brendan
Some clever cluing…
Guardian 28,438 – Picaroon
A little literary knowledge needed for this one, but otherwise reasonably straightforward, and with the usual great style that we know from this setter. Thanks to Picaroon. Across 1 LAY GREAT STORE BY Value … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,437 by Crucible
This morning's puzzle should be "food and drink" to the "seasoned" cruciverbalist.
Guardian Cryptic 28,436 by Carpathian
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28436.
Guardian Quiptic 1,120/Pan
Pan has the Quiptic for us this week. Carefully clued, but towards the harder end of the spectrum would be my analyis, but I’m just the humble blogger. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition … Read more >>
Guardian 28,435 / Vulcan
Vulcan provides the Bank Holiday entertainment, with a typical Monday medley of anagrams, charades and cryptic definitions and some nice surfaces. Thanks to Vulcan for the puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. … Read more >>
Guardian Genius 214 by Puck
I think this is the fourth Puck Genius that I have blogged, from Genius 136 way back in Nov 2014, through 160 and 190, approximately every two-and-a-bit years. Always a pleasure to ‘shake hands with an old face’, as my grandfather used to say!
Guardian Prize 28,428 by Tramp
I filled the grid from the definitions quite quickly, but untangling the wordplay took a lot longer! Thank you Tramp.
Guardian 28,433 / Paul
It’s giving nothing away to say that Paul has served up a fishy offering to round off the week. Lots of witty clues, with plenty of misdirection and not a risqué one in … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,432 by Brummie
Fun, and not too tricky once I got going – favourites were 9ac, 10ac, 17/24dn, and 23dn. Thanks to Brummie
Guardian 28,431 – Puck
I see this is my 800th blog for Fifteensquared, and Puck has provided a tough challenge for me to celebrate it. There’s a sporty theme running through the clues, but fortunately for me … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic 28,430 by Pasquale
Pasquale is today’s Guardian compiler.