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Guardian 25983 by Gordius

Tue June 25, 2013 at 1:41 amTue June 25, 2013 at 12:20 am by Uncle Yap

Malaysia is engulfed in a smoky haze of such intensity that schools have been closed and a state of emergency declared in certain areas adjacent to Indonesia whose open burning of forest to … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 710 / Nutmeg

Mon June 24, 2013 at 12:00 pm by Big Dave

My third Nutmeg puzzle in a row! I must be getting used to her style as I found this one to be fairly easy. Most of the definitions given are from Chambers 12th … Read more >>

Guardian 25,982 – Rufus

Mon June 24, 2013 at 9:55 am by Andrew

Slightly more variation in clue styles here than the last one I blogged, but still generous helpings of double and cryptic definitions. Not really to my taste, but I’m sure Rufus fans will … Read more >>

Guardian 25,975 / Puck

Sat June 22, 2013 at 12:01 am by mhl

A witty and entertaining puzzle from Puck, one of my favourite setters whose puzzles we don’t see so often. There’s a theme here of the Puck Fair (“Ireland’s oldest fair”) which is having … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 25,980 by Picaroon

Fri June 21, 2013 at 2:18 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25980.

Guardian 25,979 / Tramp

Thu August 15, 2019 at 7:45 amThu June 20, 2013 at 8:54 am by Eileen

It’s always a delight to see Tramp’s name on a puzzle that I’m down to blog – but, as time has gone on, and as he has increasingly demonstrated his prowess in writing … Read more >>

Guardian 25,978 – Bonxie

Wed June 19, 2013 at 9:00 amWed June 19, 2013 at 8:30 am by Andrew

A clever and tricky puzzle from Bonxie, though with a some rather obscure words that some might find a bit much for a daily puzzle, and a couple of cryptic definitions that aren’t … Read more >>

Guardian 25977 by Shed

Tue June 18, 2013 at 2:57 amTue June 18, 2013 at 12:57 am by Uncle Yap

This is a mixed bag of goodies; some delightfully outrageous and some not so. Across 1 Fit to grasp point of gap (7)INTERIM Ins of E (east, point on compass) in IN TRIM … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic N° 709, by Pan

Mon June 17, 2013 at 3:13 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/quiptic/709. I found this plain sailing, as befits a Quiptic. Across 1. Peer said to be infertile (6) BARREN A homophone of BARON (‘peer’). As often, the … Read more >>

Guardian 25,976 – Rufus

Mon June 17, 2013 at 1:15 am by manehi

Got through most of this quickly, but came unstuck for a long while on the last two – 21ac then 7dn. Favourite clues were 2dn and 8ac. Across 1 PAPER CLIP cryptic def … Read more >>

Guardian Prize No 25,969 by Araucaria

Sat June 15, 2013 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

I found this to be a distinctly challenging puzzle, although I didn’t help myself by a stupid error which delayed my solving of 26 across, the key to the theme. There seemed to … Read more >>

Guardian 25,974 / Araucaria

Fri June 14, 2013 at 10:11 amFri June 14, 2013 at 9:37 am by Eileen

What a treat to end the week! – Araucaria in great form, in a puzzle with one of his own favourite themes. It was something of a puzzle of two halves for me. … Read more >>

Guardian 25,973 – Qaos

Thu June 13, 2013 at 8:50 amThu June 13, 2013 at 7:15 am by Andrew

Once again I am typing this on a small laptop in a hotel room on a slow connection, so please excuse some rather abbreviated explanations and probably some typos. I think “slow but … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 25,972 by Chifonie

Wed June 12, 2013 at 1:59 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25972.

Guardian 25971 by Paul

Tue June 11, 2013 at 5:28 amTue June 11, 2013 at 12:27 am by Uncle Yap

I struggled through this puzzle based on a favourite topic of conversation by the Brits but prevailed in the end due to Paul’s very fair clueing. In Malaysia, we only have one prediction … Read more >>