Guardian – Page 254 – Fifteensquared

Guardian Cryptic 26,965 by Qaos

Wed August 17, 2016 at 1:50 pmWed August 17, 2016 at 1:06 pm by loonapick

Fifth time lucky?

Guardian 26,964 – Screw

Tue August 16, 2016 at 12:29 pmTue August 16, 2016 at 8:10 am by Andrew

Mostly quite gentle by this setter’s standards, with some very easy clues to get us started, but also some trickier ones,

Guardian Quiptic 874/Nutmeg

Mon August 15, 2016 at 8:10 am by Pierre

A Quiptic from our favourite Spice Girl this morning. And a fine one it was too. Beginners would have enjoyed this, I think. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 26,963 by Rufus

Mon August 15, 2016 at 9:48 pmMon August 15, 2016 at 3:48 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found athttps://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26963.

It’s incredible to me how Paul keeps up such an endless stream of excellent, witty crosswords; here’s another one… Across 1. Idiot not entirely without feeling, shame one has quit (6) NUMPTY NUM[b] … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 26,961 by Enigmatist

Fri August 12, 2016 at 5:22 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26961.

Guardian 26,960 / Paul

Thu August 11, 2016 at 9:00 pmThu August 11, 2016 at 9:43 am by Eileen

A rather tough challenge from Paul today, especially in the parsings, one of which I’m still not sure of. Thanks to Paul for the workout. Across 8 Italian broadcast in stereo (8) TORINESE … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 26,959 by Picaroon

Wed August 10, 2016 at 10:32 am by manehi

Tough and very nicely clued – many favourites, including 11ac, 12dn and all of the four-letter ones: 13ac, 18ac, 2dn and 22dn. Thanks, Picaroon

Guardian 26,958 – Imogen

Tue August 9, 2016 at 10:41 amTue August 9, 2016 at 6:32 am by Andrew

Setters continue to be inspired by the UK political situation… …specifically in this case mostly by Theresa May, and other meanings of her surname. I found this quite hard, with some tricky clueing … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 26,957 by Rufus

Mon August 8, 2016 at 9:05 am by loonapick

Chestnuts, anyone?

Quiptic 873 by Anto

Mon August 8, 2016 at 9:05 am by newmarketsausage

Anto’s turn in the Quiptic slot this week.

Guardian Prize 26,950 by Pasquale

Sat August 6, 2016 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

A puzzle to mark a 50th anniversary from Pasquale this week.

Guardian Cryptic 26955 Brummie

Fri August 5, 2016 at 9:55 amFri August 5, 2016 at 8:30 am by scchua

(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) A Goldilocks cryptic, not too hard … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 26,954 by Nutmeg

Thu August 4, 2016 at 4:07 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26954.

Guardian 26,953 / Brendan

Fri August 5, 2016 at 6:25 amWed August 3, 2016 at 10:03 am by Eileen

It’s always a real pleasure to see Brendan’s name on a puzzle – and thank goodness he’s back more regularly again now. The solving was quite straightforward but it soon became obvious that … Read more >>