Guardian – Page 334 – Fifteensquared

Guardian 25,954 – Chifonie

Wed May 22, 2013 at 8:00 am by Andrew

It took me longer to get going on this than usual for a Chifonie, but it all came out nicely in the end, with some well-written, if uncomplicated, clues. … Read more >>

Guardian 25,953 by Pasquale

Wed May 22, 2013 at 1:01 amTue May 21, 2013 at 2:01 am by Uncle Yap

Thank you, Eileen for playing locum tenens so ably last Tuesday when I was climbing the 999 steps to the TienMenSan (Door to Heaven) near ZhangJiaJie in Hunan, the province that gave China … Read more >>

Guardian 25,952 – Rufus

Mon May 20, 2013 at 9:26 am by manehi

Found this quite tough for a Rufus – the SE corner held me up, and I had to resort to Google for 25ac given the unhelpful crossers. Favourite clues were 6dn and 8dn, … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic N° 705 by Moley

Mon May 20, 2013 at 2:14 am by PeterO

The crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/quiptic/705.

Guardian 25,945 / Araucaria (12/5/13)

Sat May 18, 2013 at 12:16 pm by Gaufrid

Apologies for the late appearance of this post. The scheduled blogger has been unable to post and I have been struggling to remember what I did a week ago. The special instructions said … Read more >>

Guardian 25,950 / Arachne

Sat May 18, 2013 at 9:26 pmFri May 17, 2013 at 10:09 am by Eileen

What a lovely end to the week – Arachne on top form – and aren’t I lucky to get two excellent puzzles to blog in one week? It’s all here – great story-telling … Read more >>

Guardian 25,949 – Araucaria

Thu May 16, 2013 at 1:58 pmThu May 16, 2013 at 9:05 am by Andrew

I made a slow start on this, but after thinking for a while I was going to get nowhere with it, it gradually began to yield. My breakthrough was to be led to … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 25,948 by Paul

Wed May 15, 2013 at 2:27 am by PeterO

The crossword may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25948.

Guardian 25.947 / Philistine

Tue May 14, 2013 at 12:00 pmTue May 14, 2013 at 8:30 am by Eileen

I am standing in today for Uncle Yap, who is away. I don’t think I have blogged a Philistine puzzle before but I’m a great fan of his, so I count myself lucky … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic 25946 Rufus

Mon May 13, 2013 at 10:22 am by scchua

A typical Rufus with concise clues of mostly cryptic and double definitions and anagrams. Thanks Rufus. Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle. … Read more >>

Guardian Quiptic 704/Hectence

Mon May 13, 2013 at 10:21 am by Pierre

According to her profile, Hectence is a Manchester City supporter, so to cheer her up after Saturday’s events (footie haters can look away now) I will say that I thought that this was … Read more >>

Guardian Prize Puzzle 25,939 by Tramp

Sat May 11, 2013 at 9:27 amFri May 10, 2013 at 11:52 pm by PeeDee

I used to find Tramp puzzles pretty tricky but I think I must be getting on to his wavelength at last. I have not seen any of the Star Wars movies but fortunately … Read more >>

Guardian 25,944 – Gordius

Fri May 10, 2013 at 3:52 pmFri May 10, 2013 at 8:10 am by Andrew

Gordius is appearing at strange intervals these days – he used to be fairly predictably every other week, but then we saw him on a Friday and the following Tuesday, and now today … Read more >>

Guardian 25,943 – Brummie

Thu May 9, 2013 at 8:37 am by manehi

Fun and challenging, despite the two longer clues falling almost immediately. Favourites were 15a and 3d. Across 8 TERRAPIN =”reptile” (painter)* around R[ex]=”king” 10 STOW =”stuff” [as a verb] rev(WOT’S) – my Chambers … Read more >>

Guardian Cryptic N° 25,942 by Brendan

Wed May 8, 2013 at 2:20 pmWed May 8, 2013 at 2:32 am by PeterO

The puzzle may be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25942.