Guardian – Page 218 – Fifteensquared

Guardian Cryptic 27,415 by Crucible

Thu January 25, 2018 at 8:54 am by manehi

Some lovely cluing and tough at the beginning

Guardian 27,414 – Nutmeg

Wed January 24, 2018 at 8:51 am by Andrew

In general I found this a little easier than Nutmeg can sometimes be, though with a few tricky moments. However, it is of the usually high quality and full of invention. Thanks to … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 27,413 by Tramp

Tue January 23, 2018 at 7:21 am by loonapick

Tramp turns the diffiulty up to 11 this morning.

Quiptic 949 by Moley

Mon January 22, 2018 at 8:30 am by newmarketsausage

Moley’s first outing of the year in the Quiptic slot.

Guardian Cryptic 27,412 by Chifonie

Mon January 22, 2018 at 2:06 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27412.

Guardian Prize 27,405 by Paul

Sat January 20, 2018 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

Lots of clever wordplay to admire in this week’s prize puzzle, but we took issue with a couple of the definitions.

Guardian Cryptic 27,410 by Screw

Fri January 19, 2018 at 3:08 amFri January 19, 2018 at 2:06 am by PeterO

THe puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27410.

Guardian 27.409 / Paul

Thu January 18, 2018 at 9:17 am by Eileen

There was a strong whiff of déjà vu about solving and blogging this puzzle. It’s just four weeks since I blogged a Paul puzzle on the theme of ‘scorers’ – on that occasion … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 27,408 by Brummie

Wed January 17, 2018 at 9:24 am by manehi

A fun puzzle…

Guardian 27,407 – Imogen

Tue January 16, 2018 at 9:52 amTue January 16, 2018 at 9:08 am by Andrew

Quite a tricky offering from Imogen today, with some obscurities in both answers and wordplay. My first breakthrough was the long answer at 26a, but there were still a few hurdles along the … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 948/Hectence

Mon January 15, 2018 at 9:23 am by Pierre

A pleasing cryptic from Hectence to herald in the new format Guardian (at least I think it’s today, and the style of the header has changed online). Abbreviations cd … Read more >>

Guardian 27,406 / Arachne

Mon January 15, 2018 at 9:05 am by loonapick

Apologies for the truncated blog, but short of time this morning. A bit of a curate’s egg from Arachne this morning, and one clue (16dn) that I couldn’t parse. Thanks, Arachne. ACROSS 1 … Read more >>

Guardian Prize 27,399 by Tramp

Sat January 13, 2018 at 6:57 pmSat January 13, 2018 at 12:05 am by PeeDee

Has Tramp got easier since his first appearances in the paper or am I just imagining this? Thanks Tramp for a fun puzzle. Scooby-dooby-doo!

Guardian Cryptic 27404 Puck

Fri January 12, 2018 at 11:38 pmFri January 12, 2018 at 3:39 pm by scchua

Apologies for this late posting. This was difficult for me. Thanks to Puck. Definitions are underlined in the clues. The theme is Shakespearean, and associated words are marked “*”. There are also a … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 27,403 by Pasquale

Thu January 11, 2018 at 1:29 pmThu January 11, 2018 at 4:16 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/27403.