Guardian – Page 271 – Fifteensquared

Guardian Cryptic 26754 by Rufus

Mon December 14, 2015 at 3:19 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26754.

Guardian Prize 26,747 / Paul

Sat December 12, 2015 at 10:48 amSat December 12, 2015 at 12:01 am by Eileen

Hurrah! – another prize puzzle like what they used to be: not too difficult but needing – for me, at least – a bit of teasing out and a bit longer time than a … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 26752 by Philistine

Fri December 11, 2015 at 11:40 amFri December 11, 2015 at 3:25 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26752.

Guardian 26,751 / Paul

Sun December 13, 2015 at 12:29 pmThu December 10, 2015 at 9:42 am by Eileen

A lovely puzzle from Paul, ingenious and witty, with a most congenial, for me, mini-theme. It caused a fair bit of head-scratching: several answers were inspired guesses, leading to relieved ‘ahas’ when the parsing … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 26750 by Chifonie

Wed December 9, 2015 at 3:38 am by manehi

A quick solve and very enjoyable – favourites were 6ac and 12dn.

Guardian 26,749 – Brummie

Tue December 8, 2015 at 12:32 pmTue December 8, 2015 at 10:23 am by Andrew

An enjoyable puzzle from Brummie with some helpful anagrams to get things going. Thanks to the setter. Getting 12a and 22a early on led me to the theme of Andy Warhol and his … Read more >>

Guardian 26,748 / Rufus

Mon December 7, 2015 at 9:32 am by Gaufrid

It’s Monday, it’s Rufus, so we know what to expect – plenty of double/cryptic definitions (though perhaps not quite as many as some weeks judging by the blogs I’ve read in the past), … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 838/Orlando

Mon December 7, 2015 at 4:28 pmMon December 7, 2015 at 7:50 am by Pierre

An excellent Quiptic this morning. But what do you expect? Look who the setter is. I’ll be recommending this one to my friends who are still trying to learn the Dark Arts. … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 149, Jack

Sun December 6, 2015 at 1:00 am by Matt

Hello all, This one took me a few sittings, as should be the case. Enjoyable. As ever, I’m amazed by the grid constructions for puzzles like this. I found myself singing the bridge to this song … Read more >>

Guardian 26,741 / Crucible

Sat December 5, 2015 at 12:01 am by mhl

A tough but fair prize puzzle from Crucible. The there were some special instructions for this puzzle that read: Five across and eight down solutions involve, wholly or in part, some of 5 … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 26746 Tramp

Fri December 4, 2015 at 9:36 amFri December 4, 2015 at 8:03 am by scchua

An enjoyable challenge from Tramp to warm one up for tomorrow’s prize puzzle. Thanks to Tramp. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9 “Being in sport is exciting” (Shearer and co) (9) RACEHORSE … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 26745 by Qaos

Thu December 3, 2015 at 3:14 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26745.

Guardian 26,744 / Pasquale

Wed December 2, 2015 at 10:04 am by Eileen

I’ll admit to not being a huge fan of Pasquale’s puzzles and I found this one a rather 14, 10 across, I’m afraid. For once, there were no words that I’d never heard … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 26743 by Bonxie

Tue December 1, 2015 at 2:47 pmTue December 1, 2015 at 10:07 am by manehi

Wasn’t at all on the right wavelength for this at first, but once I got going it all seemed to fall into place. I particularly liked 14ac, 18ac, 1dn, 7dn and 8dn.

Quiptic 837 by Pan

Mon November 30, 2015 at 8:33 am by newmarketsausage

An enjoyable dip into the cryptic waters from quiptic regular Pan. Very nicely pitched, I think, for beginners and those (like me this morning) in a hurry.