A peach of a puzzle.
Guardian 26,284 – Paul
I found this pretty easy for a Paul, getting though most of it very quickly. Unusually I also found quite a few of the clues rather pedestrian, with some giveaway definitions, and generally … Read more >>
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Guardian Cryptic No. 26,282 by Brummie
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26282. Perhaps I am on Brummie’s wavelength, because virtually every answer came readily on reading the clue. His tour of the outer reaches of the orchestra is novel. … Read more >>
Guardian 26,281 / Rufus
A fairly typical Rufus puzzle, with a number of neat anagrams and double definitions – though rather fewer cryptic definitions today. A couple of the double definitions are rather close in meaning but … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 760/Hectence
I liked this Quiptic from Hectence. It wasn’t all completely straightforward to solve or parse, but once you had a foothold I think an improving solver could be expected to work through the … Read more >>
Guardian Prize Puzzle 26,274 by Paul
This was a treat to solve and blog.
Guardian 26,279 / Paul
I haven’t been able to detect any encrypted references to the D-day landings but, as ever, that doesn’t mean there aren’t any. Here is Paul in Mr Clean mode, with a puzzle that … Read more >>
Guardian 26,278 by Imogen
I found this tough to get through – after the few easier clues went in, there was a lot of guessing from checking letters and trying to make the wordplay fit. Really enjoyed 9ac, 8dn and 14dn.
Guardian 26,277 – Picaroon
As seems to have become the norm when I contend with Picaroon, I made a slow start, but followed this with steady progress through to the end. I was able to guess, or … Read more >>
Guardian 26,276 by Philistine
This was quite a struggle in places. rather tougher than the last Philistine I blogged.
Guardian Quiptic 759 / Provis
According to the Guardian website, Provis has only appeared twice before today, once in February and once in April. At that time I wasn’t solving the Quiptic on a regular basis and so … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic N° 26,275 by Rufus
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26275. Even for Rufus, this puzzle seems heavy on the CDs and DDs, and a couple which are just Ds. Across 1. Being in the wrong scene, … Read more >>
Guardian Genius 131 / Picaroon
We haven’t done the Genius crossword for a while, but this was a very enjoyable one. We found it hard going for the first week or so, but eventually figured out that what … Read more >>
Guardian Prize 26,268 / Brummie
The special instructions were similar to those of the previous Saturday’s Prize puzzle: ‘eight clues lack a definition; their solutions are of a kind’. This time, the theme was islands, which I tentatively … Read more >>
Guardian Cryptic N° 26,273 by Arachne
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26273. Arachne at her most devious. It took me longer than usual for a Guardian Cryptic to solve, but by no means do I begrudge her the time. … Read more >>