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She’s good at this Quiptic stuff, you know. All clearly clued and some light-hearted moments. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) … Read more >>
I always find Paul puzzles a pleasure to solve and blog. Thank you Paul.
It’s quite a while since I blogged a Brummie puzzle and I can never really remember what to expect from him. I found I had a longer than usual list of words whose … Read more >>
Enjoyed this, with 9ac and 12ac favourites…
Good fun as always from this setter, though I have a couple of niggles on definitions, especially on the rather obscure 25a. Thanks to Qaos. Following on from the militaristic theme in Qaos’s … Read more >>
I thought I was going to be in for a hard time this morning with only a smattering of entries during my first pass through the clues but these were enough for me … Read more >>
(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.) I made more headway with the … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26873
The preamble to Genius 154 tells us: “Solutions to the clues are to be entered in one of two ways to be determined by the solver, which are confirmed by a message that … Read more >>
When I entered my blogging dates into my new 2016 diary and saw that I was down to blog the Prize puzzle on 23rd April – the Shakespeare Quatercentenary and St George’s Day … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26871.
A nice surprise this morning – a very welcome return for Brendan, with a puzzle that was not too much of a challenge for a weekday but a very enjoyable solve. Brendan’s puzzles … Read more >>
Several answers, especially the longer ones, were written in very quickly, but this still took a long time with quite a few obscurities. Favourite 4dn – I’m unsure of my parsing of 12ac and 27ac.
I found this very hard to get started on, and not much easier after that, even after getting the crucial 15d, though as is often the case the explanations are mostly quite straightforward. … Read more >>
Moley always produces a good Quiptic for us, because she’s a talented and generous soul. Just one or two in this one that I wasn’t that enamoured with. What did you think? … Read more >>