Guardian

Grrrh! On a busy morning, my laptop turned itself off without warning just as I was finishing the blog and when I plugged in, it had disappeared! I hope I haven’t made too … Read more >>

It was a great pleasure to find Nutmeg as the setter on my return from a couple of weeks away in the Highlands (thanks to Gaufrid for standing in for me). No need … Read more >>

I only needed one pass through the clues to finish this one, despite being somewhat under the influence of alcohol (in my case whisky) so it must have been easy. In fact focusing … Read more >>

Apologies for the lateness of this post; I’d missed the reminder in my calendar that it was my turn to post about the prize crossword. This is an impressively themed crossword with some … Read more >>

There were a couple of tricky ones that delayed me at the end. Thanks Bonxie. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9 I ate lunch drunk — wicked! (9) UNETHICAL : Anagram … Read more >>

A reasonably straightforward puzzle from Imogen this morning. I found this rather less of a challenge than usual for Imogen. I liked the homophone clues and 5dn made me smile but, otherwise, I … Read more >>

It’s Monday, it’s Rufus, so the usual preponderance of cryptic/double definitions (perhaps not quite so many as there have been at times) with an anagram, a hidden and a few charades. Not my … Read more >>