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Thank you to Qaos. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9. Love games helping with theatre work (9) OPERATION : O(letter representing 0/love in tennis scores) + PE(abbrev. for “physical education”, a … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29528.
Wednesday October 30th 2024 saw the publication of a Guardian Cryptic puzzle by the virtually unknown setter Ludwig.
It turns out that there was a previous Ludwig puzzle on Wednesday September 25th.
It further transpires that the answers to both puzzles are the same though the clues are, almost entirely, different.
It put me in mind of Inquisitor 1266 on Saturday February 2nd 2013 and Inquisitor 1267 on Saturday February 9th 2013.
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Five weeks ago today, I blogged Ludwig’s first puzzle. I think now that I might have foreseen a second one by this ‘new’ setter. The puzzle coincided with the first episode of the … Read more >>
Clever clues and nice surfaces – my favourites were 9ac, 11ac, 17ac, and 19dn. Thanks to Imogen for the puzzle.
We haven’t had a Brendan puzzle since early June, so it was a pleasant surprise to see his name on this one. I started off thinking it was going to be a write-in, … Read more >>
The piratical one is good at this Quiptic stuff, isn’t he? I judged that this was nicely pitched and carefully clued; but as always, what the beginners and improving solvers thought is much … Read more >>
This is the thirtieth Guardian Quick Cryptic, a series of 11 x 11 crosswords designed to support beginners learning cryptic crosswords. The whole point of these crosswords is support and encouragement of new solvers, so special rules for these crosswords apply – see here. There is a summary of the tricks used in the first six months here. This puzzle can be found here.
With a Pasquale Prize Crossword you know you are going to get a well-constructed puzzle, perhaps with a couple of lesser-known words in the entries. Pasquale’s puzzles usually include entries … Read more >>
A good mixture of clues, with some easy ones to get things started and a few that took a bit of working out. Thanks to Tramp for the entertaining challenge. Best wishes to … Read more >>
Good morning Guardian solvers. I’m being allowed to come over from the Indy dark side on another guest spot, so I guess my last one wasn’t so heinous.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29521.
It’s over a year since I last blogged an Anto puzzle and, as usual, it took a little while to tune in to his wavelength. Something of a mixed bag of clues, with … Read more >>
A nice puzzle from Vulcan – I really liked 12ac, and other favourites were 22ac, 28ac, and 21dn.
This week’s Quiptic crossword comes from Picaroon, who sets at a range of levels (he set this Saturday’s Quick Cryptic too) and dials the difficulty up and down. The Quiptic is “a web-only, cryptic puzzle for beginners and those in a hurry. It is published every Sunday” and this one can be found here.