Guardian

(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 slow start, but a quick … Read more >>

The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26296. It seemed at first that this was going to be Paul at his easiest – I started at the top a I usually do, and the first … Read more >>

A combination of some very straightforward clues [eg 5ac, 16ac, 24ac, 4dn], a number of anagrams, including two excellent ones, and, unusually for Pasquale, only one word, I think, that could be called … Read more >>

I found this a bit harder than usual for a Rufus, with the large helping of cryptic definitions causing some of the difficulty. On the other hand the non-CDs were generally straightforward and … Read more >>

This is another of Tramp’s excellent densely themed crosswords: the subject of this one, as he said on Twitter was the England vs Italy match that took place on the Saturday when the … Read more >>

A enjoyable puzzle from Imogen, where spotting the theme early on helped a lot. Although there seem to be quite a few sporting references dotted around the clues, the “nine other answers” referred … Read more >>

I didn’t particularly enjoy this puzzle when solving it shortly after dawn this morning and I enjoyed it even less when I had to write this post at short notice because the scheduled … Read more >>

The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26289. Nutmeg in her Cryptic hat has produced some tricky puzzles, but this one seemed to me more on a level with her Quiptics (with the exception of … Read more >>

A sunny morning made sunnier on seeing Qaos’ name on the puzzle I was down to blog. Lots of fun to be had here, with several penny-dropping moments and lots of Qaos’ customary … Read more >>