Guardian

Across 1 POSTGRAD G(ood) substituted for the ‘e’ in Poster, being one of the two advertisements, the other being ‘ad. 5 Not being interested in football I thought long and hard about Ferdinand … Read more >>

Sorry for the lateness of this post, but I was in a meeting all day and playing cricket in the evening.  The clues in this puzzle read like a poem in rhyming couplets, and … Read more >>

Solving time 11:58 …the last 4 minutes of which were spent trying to think of a six-letter word to fit ?I?S?N in 22 down, because the printable version from the website didn’t give … Read more >>

Solving time: 20 minutes  One of the easier Saturday Guardan puzzles, certainly an easier time than with Pasquale’s last week!  For those looking to spread their wings beyond a normal daily puzzle, these are often … Read more >>

Solving time – 15:41 This started off very easy and I had most of the top half finished in a couple of minutes, but my momentum slipped away and I eventually ground to … Read more >>

Across 1 ROMULUS founder of Rome, and I otherwise have no idea what the clue means. (Hangs head in shame.) 5 CHAR QUI is a sort of South American dried meat jerky. Char … Read more >>

A pretty straightforward puzzle, by and large, which took me about 15 minutes. The long answer at 1, 26 across was vaguely familiar, but felt a tad obscure – is it a common enough … Read more >>

Some very characteristic Paulian clues today — 26ac, 8d and (especially) 23d are the sort we have learnt to expect from him and no-one else! Across     1 LAID BACK — ‘Dial’ … Read more >>

A Rufus puzzle with a few less of his trademark cryptic definitions than usual.  A quick blog today because it’s Monday morning, the puzzle wasn’t overly difficult, except for one clue I don’t … Read more >>

This is the first time I have blogged an Auster puzzle. This one has a real mix of very clever and very easy clues, as well as one or two that don’t pass … Read more >>

Solving Time:  68 minutes Probably the toughest Guardian crossword I have encountered in a very long time.  I made a good start with the big anagram but it just went backwards with unfamiliar … Read more >>

The last time I blogged a Gordius puzzle was just a couple of weeks ago (10th July anyway), and it was memorable for a few things. I had to rush my cat to … Read more >>

Yes, as JFK said, I truly am a doughnut – I’ve been waiting for someone else to post, when all along it was me – d’oh! A nice Pauline puzzle anyway, mit einem Deutschen Thema … Read more >>

Across 1 COQUET 4ALNMOUTH This was my start point. It looked like an anagram, and that gave me 21 across. 10 AND OR RAN 11 IN DISC R IM IN ATE 12 PRE … Read more >>