Guardian

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28128. That slipped down a treat. What more is there to say? ACROSS 1 AFTERNOON TEA Meal for four? (9,3) Cryptic definition. 8 ORGANZA Widely differing characters … Read more >>

I’m always pleased to see Qaos’ name on a puzzle – but there’s always the niggling worry, when I’m blogging it, that I’ll miss the theme, since he always has one. [It has … Read more >>

Well, that was fun. An obvious theme of years in the clues, some of them actually being other things in disguise. Inevitably heavy on general knowledge, which some people may not like, but … Read more >>

I enjoyed this. Thanks Tramp.   ACROSS 1 SPARROW Bird box has string (7) SPAR (box) with ROW (string) 5 FIGHTER Order her gift and ring worker (7) anagram (order) of HER GIFT … Read more >>

Thanks to Chifonie, for an enjoyable puzzle.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Notice society girl wearing ring (9) DISMISSAL : [S(abbrev. for “society”) + MISS(form of address for a young … Read more >>

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28121. An amusing diversion from Picaroon. Very nice. ACROSS 1 TOUPEE Why one visits bathroom without posh rug (6) An envelope (‘without’) of U (‘posh’) in TO … Read more >>

It’s Boatman providing the mid-week challenge on another wet morning – we’d got quite unused to those. I found this generally straightforward to solve but I need help with the parsing of 5dn. … Read more >>

My previous Monday blog was of Matilda’s first Cryptic, and now Carpathian makes the same step up from the Quiptic. This puzzle could easily have been a Quiptic, with lots of helpful anagrams … Read more >>

Since we hadn’t seen Paul during the week, I was not at all surprised to see him coinciding again with my monthly Saturday blog. However, what followed was a surprise: here we have … Read more >>