Guardian

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28077. A quick solve here, with what seemed more envelopes than I could shake a stick at, and basic clue types throughout. I do not have the … Read more >>

Vulcan settles into the Monday slot again. We have the usual Monday medley of anagrams and double and cryptic [some less so than others] definitions. I quite liked 9 and 24 across and … Read more >>

A timely puzzle, thank you Brendan. It took far too long to catch on to the theme.  Probably because I had no idea what the date was. ACROSS 8, 22 down EIGHTEEN TWELVE … Read more >>

It’s Qaos ending the week with a relatively gentle puzzle. Qaos’ puzzles always have a theme and, again, he’s being kind, as this one would be hard to miss. [The comment on his … Read more >>

I made a slow start on this, and didn’t get much quicker as I eventually progressed. A few tricky parsings too, even when the answer was (reasonably) clear. There’s an obvious Houdini theme … Read more >>

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28070. Anto has graduated from an occasional Quiptic, which were not well received. Here he or she has some interesting ideas for clues; there were a couple … Read more >>

‘Special instructions’ [in this case, ‘Wordplay in 15 clues lacks something crucial in one form or another’] usually make me wince slightly – and especially when I’m blogging! As it happened, I fortunately … Read more >>

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28068. An excellent puzzle from the devious Picaroon. For an uncomfortably long time I was staring at the grid with only four or five lights filled, but … Read more >>

My apologies for the late blog: when the theme penny did finally drop, it entailed a bit of research! Paul sets today’s challenge – and a challenge it was! I woke up at … Read more >>